The Little Ice Age Thermometers
A study of Climatic Variability from 1660-2009
- A Detailed look at Europe

• Click on the red dots to display city data recorded by instruments.
• Click on the yellow dots to display weather diaries, records and other information.
• The purpose of these graphs is to show long term climate cycles extending back, beyond 1850.
• All of these figures cover the LIA which saw a descent of temperature from the MWP.
• Population increases must be taken into account when viewing these graphs. For more information click here.
• Dense population centres such as cities (where most of this data was collected) are subject to a phenomenon called the Urban Heat Island Effect (UHI). Click here to find out more about UHI and how it is affected by population.
• Click here for articles on climate change from a historical perspective
• Click here for other relevant articles / links on climate change.
• Click here to view or download a selection of extra climate related graphs.