Did European temperatures in 1540 exceed present-day records?

There is strong evidence that the year 1540 was exceptionally dry and warm in Central Europe. Here we infer 1540 summer temperatures from the number of dry days (NDDs) in spring (March–May) and summer (June–August) in 1540 derived from historical documentary evidence published elsewhere, and compare...

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Main Authors: Rene Orth, Martha M Vogel, Jürg Luterbacher, Christian Pfister, Sonia I Seneviratne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2016-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/11/114021