Even in the modern age, such weather causes disruption and fatalities. Through these accounts of the Bristol weather, we get a picture of what was happening in the rest of the country, starting in November 1564, a month after the Northern Lights were sighted. In October 1603, ‘the greatest snow that was ever known by the memory of man’ fell on the city. But for all our advanced modern technology, the conditions described in the Bristol chronicles may hold lessons for today. ‘It is also causing more severe weather, which will only get worse,’ he says.

Source: Daily Mail February 08, 2021 22:54 UTC