1845 journal predicted "cold period" in 2011

[ktlight]

"In the present year, 1845, the descendants of the new colonists are enjoying the most congenial climate of which their latitude admits, the pole being distant to 90 degrees to the west, and the line of maximum declination in their midst. Their next cold period will be in the year 2011 1-2 when the pole will be 180 degrees west, coincident with their meridian of longitude as it was in 1345 1-2, but the cold will be less intense than it was in 1678 1-2, when its effects were so destructive and exterminating, because it will then be more distant from them in latitude, by the whole diameter of the arctic circle, or 46 degrees, 56 minutes; and this truly awful and intolerable epoch of maximum cold will not return to them until the year 2344 1-2, or 666 years from the year 1678 1-2, when the pole will again be present in all its horrors."

This statement relates to Greenland.

source
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8...011%22&f=false

[wolf_rt]

and was there a cold period as predicted? summer here in Australia has been pretty mild....

[NeverMind]

I like to go with what the local onions are saying.
The little buggers put Nostradamus to shame. :-)
And, amazingly, this year they only have a single thin overcoat.
(I had to double-check that they were not imported from some far-away land.)

However, this information and link that you provided are, of course, extremely interesting. I look forward to reading it.
Thank you.

[Second Son]

Hey wolf, you have had the coldest year on record there, mate.

[NeverMind]

By the way, I thought I'd add a few links that I had posted in another thread - the one about "horror winter predicted for Europe", around November 1st - mostly because I think they deserve attention in this context.

I know the point is not exactly the same, but I think you might like them, since you appear to be interested in historic weather (as am I) -- or at least historic weather predictions.

(I'll just copy and paste my entire post. It's Friday night and I am lazy. )

I am well aware that you can all search the web quite well on your own.
But still.... I thought I'd contribute two links about the 1929 winter - a text in German and a video in Dutch. :-)

Also, a very interesting text (in English) about "peace" and "war" winters - I would grade this article as MUST-READ for anyone interested in the topic (also excellent links) - and, finally, an article on record-setting weather.