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, [1] and was the coldest European winter during the past 500 years.

1709年霜害（Great Frost of 1709）是指1708年至1709年欧洲异常寒冷的冬季 [1] ，也是欧洲历史过去500年间最寒冷的冬季之一 [2] 。

2009年2月4日 · It was the coldest winter in 500 years. IN ENGLAND they called the winter of 1709 the Great Frost. In France it entered legend as Le Grand Hiver, three months of deadly cold that ushered in a...

2022年1月13日 · It was called the Great Frost in England and Le Grand Hiver in France, but whatever anyone wanted to call it, it basically meant it had become insanely cold. And yes, it literally happened overnight. When people across Europe went to sleep on the evening of January 5, 1709, they couldn't possibly have known what they were in for.

In London, “The Great Frost,” as it came to be known, iced over the Thames River. The canals and port of Amsterdam suffered a similar fate. The Baltic Sea was solid for four whole months, and...

2022年9月9日 · The Great Frost of 1709, also known as the Big Freeze, was a severe and prolonged cold wave that occurred in Europe during the winter of 1708-1709. It resulted in extreme cold temperatures and had significant impacts on agriculture and daily life.

The year 1709 also happened to be the first great winter to coincide with the emergence of scientific societies, the proliferation of thermometers and other meteorological instruments, of sustained efforts at regular observation, and the explosion of print media and literacy across Europe — in short, the cultural and material conditions ...

2017年1月5日 · The Great Frost of the winter of 1708-09 was held in the coldest winter Europe had seen in 500 years. William Derham, an English clergyman and natural philosopher, best known for his reasonably accurate estimate of the speed of sound, recorded a low of −12°C (10 °F) on the night of January 5, 1709.

2021年11月8日 · 欧洲历史上称1709年的冬天为「大霜冻」（Great Frost of 1709）。 对于300多年前的人们来说，这场寒冬大作战付出的代价挺惨烈的，甚至还决定了一场战争的胜负。 反常低温、无预警骤降、超长待机。 这三点并发，让人们在毫无防备的情况下以为遭遇的是一场寒冬突袭，但紧接着发现自己要打的是持久战。 先是因为温度骤降，庄稼被冻没了，家畜被冻僵了。 根据当时的学者威廉·德尔汉姆留下的文字记录，在冬季平均温度3-8度的英国，那年冬天达到了零 …

The Great Frost of 1683–1684 was a frost across England, reported as the worst in its history. [1] During the Frost, the surface of the River Thames was reported as frozen to the depth of one foot (30 cm). [2] The Great Frost enabled one of the River Thames frost fairs. [1]