I noticed on another forum that this year has been similar to 1816 - the 'year without a summer' - with very poor weather in Scotland and a solar and lunar eclipse.

Luke Howard, in the Climate of London, mentions that a lunar eclipse occurred on December 5th, 1816. This happened less than a month after a solar eclipse was reported in Germany, on November 19th.

October that year was wet with a cold snap and snow in November. Thick fog was reported at the end of November, so dense that coachmen in Walworth and Camberwell "had to lead their horses by lantern".

The Inverness Journal that year reported that winter had commenced with "severity beyond example".

Another cold snap in December was interrupted by a mild spell on 23rd and a wet and stormy Xmas period. The cold returned on January 7th.

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