In message , John Hall
writes
In article ,
Tim writes:
I shouldn't complain, Mr Pepys had a similar report in 1663 (http://www
.pepysdiary.com/archive/1663/08/), he wrote;

"At the office betimes (it being cold all night and this morning, and a
very great frost they say abroad, which is much, having had no summer
at all almost), where we sat, and in the afternoon also about settling
the establishment of the number of men borne on ships, &c., till the
evening, and after that in my closet till late, and quite tired with
business, home to supper and to bed."

Frost in August. There's something we don't see very often (at all?).

It's certainly very rare nowadays south of the border, except perhaps in
very pronounced frost hollows. Of course, 1663 was close to the peak of
the "Little Ice Age" which, though it may not have been a world-wide
phenomenon, was certainly a very chilly period in NE Europe.

Of course, they were still using the Julian calendar then, so Pepys'
28th August would have corresponded to about the 7th September.

Bother, I was a day out posting on the 8th ;-)
--
Tim
http://www.pitfieldbeershop.co.uk/