1816 was a year full of strange weather patterns. As a result of a volcanic eruption in Indonesia, weather patterns were disrupted worldwide for months, with excessive rain, frost, and snowfall through much of the Northeastern United States and Europe in the summer of 1816. In the U.S., the unseasonable weather lead to food shortages, religious revivals, and extensive migration from New England to the Midwest. In Europe, the cold and wet summer led to famine, food riots, the transformation of stable communities into wandering beggars, and one of the worst typhus epidemics in history. However, no one in the 19th century understood that events on the far side of the world were the cause of the global climate change they experienced.

Join WAVE 3 meteorologist Brian Goode as he looks at the strange weather events that took place during the year that came to be known as the year without a summer.

The Locust Grove Afternoon Lecture Series is held the first Wednesday of each month. Dessert and coffee are served at 1:00 pm with the lecture immediately following at 1:15 PM. Admission is $5, $3 for Friends of Historic Locust Grove. Reservations are not required.