Great Frost of 1709
1708/1709 winter temperature anomaly with respect to 1971–2000 climatology | |
| Also known as | Le Grand Hiver |
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The Great Frost, as it was known in England, or Le Grand Hiver ("The Great Winter"), as it was known in France, was an extraordinarily cold winter in Europe in 1708–1709, and was the coldest European winter during the past 500 years.