What is Year without a Summer?
[[File:1816_summer.png|thumb|250x250px|1816 summer temperature anomaly compared to average temperatures from 1971 to 2000]] The '''Year without a Summer''' was 1816. The year before that, in 1815, a [[volcano]] had erupted in the [[Dutch East Indies]]. The volcano's name was [[Mount Tambora]]. The [[volcanic ash]] from the [[Volcanic eruption|eruption]] spread across the world. It darkened the sky, and made the Earth's surface colder. In much of [[Europe]] and northern [[North America]], summer never came. In [[New England]] and [[Germany]], there were frozen lakes in the middle of June. Flowers never bloomed, and every day was cold. These places and China suffered [[famine]]. {{history-stub}} [[Category:1816]] [[Category:Weather by year]]