A volcano on the other side of the world gave Europe a summer with snow in June

In April 1815, Mount Tambora in Indonesia erupted in the largest volcanic blast in recorded history, throwing ash high enough into the atmosphere to cool the planet. The following year, 1816, crops failed across Europe and North America under summer frosts and snow, triggering famine, and it is still remembered as the Year Without a Summer.

— Historical and volcanological record, Year Without a Summer — Mount Tambora eruption, 1815; climate effects, 1816

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