EFFECTS ON CLIMATE
EXPERIENCE IN WAR CONDITIONS IN BRITAIN (Reed. Aug. 18, 2 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 17. “The freakish weather in Britain this year supports the ancient belief that a year of war brings about abnormal climatic changes,” says the Sunday Times. “After a year of war, Britain's spring was the bleakest on record. It was followed by a record long summer. The first half of July had record heat, followed by the heaviest rainfall for the whole of any month since 1924. ‘The first 10 days of June had more sunshine than the average for the whole of a normal January. Then drought and heat began with temperatures as high as 94 degrees in London. The drought ended suddenly in mid-July with three days of terrific thunderstorms which caused loss of life and extensive flooding.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20638, 19 August 1941, Page 9
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