In article ,
Brian Wakem writes:
Ian Currie wrote:

The coldest March 1785 would be considered a severe winter spell by
today's standards.


1674 was colder, was it not?


March, 1674 had a CET of 1.0C to the nearest half degree, the data for
the earliest years of the CET not being sufficient to be any more
precise. So it was probably colder than March, 1785, which was 1.2C, but
it's not certain.
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