Entity / Event

1815 Tambora eruption

The eruption associated with the global cooling and abnormal weather of 1816.

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Investigation

The Year Without a Summer

In 1815, Tambora erupted. In 1816, abnormal cold and weather disruptions reached far beyond Indonesia—into harvests, migration, fisheries, and social change.

Relationship trail

1815 Tambora eruption produced Mount Tambora 1815 Tambora eruption affected Volcanic aerosols

Source metadata

Do volcanoes affect weather?U.S. Geological Survey · Government history New England's 1816 ‘Mackerel Year,’ Volcanoes and Climate Change TodayU.S. Geological Survey · Research