I am studying the effects of this snowfall episode in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, where it was devastating and more than 30 people died as a consequence of avalanches, among other associated events... Nevertheless, I hardly find any information about its effects (except in the northeast coast of the United States...).
Thank you Kenneth, yes, my research is based on newspapers and other historical sources (church records), and on fieldwork as well. But I was looking for some information on other places (outside the Iberian Peninsula or the USA), where the snow could have caused damage, just to contextualize my results ... I also think that the effects on the East Coast of the United States hid what happened in other places, thank you very much for your kind answer!
It is indeed very difficult to find any references concerning the effects of the Great Storm of 1888 in Iberian Peninsula. The best methodology to estimate these effects is to use the techniques of forensic meteorology outlined in the study of Katy Human (2010) available at
https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/forensic-meteorology-solves-mystery-record-snows
Some additional information about the synoptic analysis of the event in the East Coast of US is available at
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0477(1983)064%3C1258:AAOTO%3E2.0.CO%3B2
Starting from the information provided in the Bulletin of AMS and using the methods of forensic methodology, we can draw hypothetical weather maps to reconstruct weather in Spain.
All the best in your efforts.
Thank you Janusz, I will carefully review the sources you suggest
Thanks Alwynne!
I will take a look to this reference, it sounds really interesting!
Hello Cristina,
The extreme snow blizzards of 1888 coincided with the end of the Little Ice Age of 1800's.
http://climate.umn.edu/pdf/mn_winter_1887-1888.pdf
(The excellent summary is provided in the Introduction of the above text).
This particularly strong perturbation of the climatic system is attributed to the Krakatoa eruption
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1883_eruption_of_Krakatoa#
The shadowing effect of the sulphate aerosol formed in the stratosphere after this eruption led to significant lowering of the surface temperature over the entire Northern Hemisphere (average temperatures during the summer months were 1.2 C lower). The atmosphere was also enriched with the particulate matter promoting nucleation processes leading to significantly enhanced precipitation. I will provide you with some numerical values soon.
Kind regards,
Janusz
Thanks Janusz!
Precisely now I am working on a paper in which I try to relate this event and its consequences in NW Spain with the end of the LIA
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