I Rather Envy Those in Europe and North America in the Summer of 1816

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They call it the "year without a summer". In April 1815 there was an eruption that took place on Indonesia's Mount Tambora. Mass amounts of sulfur dioxide, ash and dust were ejected into the atmosphere which blocked the sunlight and plunged the global temperature several degrees. This caused 1816 to be the coldest year in about 250 years. Both Europe and North America went through unusually cold and wet conditions which included a "killing frost" destroying New England's crops. It is said that The Old Farmer's Almanac predicted snow that summer. The true link was not apparent because the volcanic eruption had occurred the previous year. Volcanic ash had been ejected into the upper atmosphere and then carried around the planet by the jet stream. The strange weather that followed was the result of dust that blanketed the Earth.