Unusually Mild Winters in Historical Chronicles
The mild winter of 1834 prompts a historical comparison with unusually warm winters recorded in chronicles between 1186 and 1429. These abnormal conditions led to early harvests of fruit, wine, and grain, accompanied by exceptionally low food prices.
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The warm weather of this winter prompts comparisons with earlier similar years. According to old chronicles, such were the years 1186, 1289, 1394, 1420, and 1429. In those years, early strawberries were had in February, apple trees blossomed at the end of January, and in February the apples were the size of a hazelnut. In April the vines were in bloom, and at the beginning of August the grape harvest took place. The grain was reaped in May. As a consequence of this weather and the early harvests, extraordinary cheapness set in during the said years. For example, a bushel of grain was paid with 12 pfennigs, and an eimer of wine with 10 kreuzers and 4 hellers.
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"Unusually Mild Winters in Historical Chronicles." Der Bote für Tirol, 23 January 1834. https://digital.tessmann.it/tessmannDigital/Zeitungsarchiv/Seite/Zeitung/47/1/23.01.1834/151053/3. https://www.meran-archive.com/en/artikel/1834-01-23-ungewoehnlich-milde-winter-in-historischen-chroniken