New paper finds Sweden experienced more extreme weather from the 1600′s to 1800′s than the 20th century

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A paper published today in The International Journal of Climatology reconstructs drought conditions in SE Sweden from 1650 to 2002. The authors find that the most extreme drought conditions over the entire 352 year record occurred in the 1660′s–1720′s, 1800-early 1830′s, and in the 1840′s–50′s.

The authors also find the most extreme rainy period took place in the mid-1720′s and lasted over 50 years. A graph [below] from the same authors in a prior paper shows a reconstructed drought index in SW and NE Sweden with much more variability of precipitation in the 1700′s and 1800′s than during the 20th century.

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