27 Jun 2016

Nights' Science - World Weather

From Nights, 8:09 pm on 27 June 2016

200 years ago the eruption of Mt Tambora in Indonesia caused the "Year without a Summer". The cold stormy weather over much of the world caused 100,000s of deaths from starvation and disease. MetService severe weather forecaster Erick Brenstrum reflects on this, plus has updates on current weather issues including what to make of this May being the warmest on record.