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Hi barnabypage, I can give you some general info Bucharest, winter of 1920-21 Nancy, winter of 1921-22: drought continued from the summer for central and southern Europe during December 1921, Rhine unusually low. Cold mid January Belgrade, winter of 1921-22: severe cold and snow during February 1922, Sarajevo was cut off by snow on the 9th Feb Frankfurt, winter of 1922-23: cold, snowy mid December, mild February Budapest, winter of 1922-23.: flooding on the Danube around the 14th Feb 1923 Can't find any specifics for winter 1920-21 in the Bucharest region but it was a very mild January across large parts of Europe

Layman's sunspot site has called for the second day a spotless sun. As others have said very unusual for so called max. Will be intresting to see what effect this might have later in the year

COLDER DAYS AHEAD?: Sun is set to enter 'hibernation' period The sun may be entering a period of reduced activity that could result in lower temperatures on Earth, according to Japanese researchers. Officials of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and the Riken research foundation said on April 19 that the activity of sunspots appeared to resemble a 70-year period in the 17th century in which London’s Thames froze over and cherry blossoms bloomed later than usual in Kyoto. In that era, known as the Maunder Minimum, temperatures are estimated to have been about 2.5 degrees lower than in the second half of the 20th century. The Japanese study found that the trend of current sunspot activity is similar to records from that period. http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201204200075

I've just seen a trailer on the Beeb for a forthcoming four-part series "Volcano - Live" (9-12 July) with Iain Stewart and Kate Humble, coming from Kilauea. So that's two excitable presenters, rather than one!

June continues cool, and another day where the temperatures on Cairn Gorm are struggling to get above freezing. Doubtless it is snowing above around 3800 feet, and the rate of melt of existing snow will be reduced in the overcast, cool and relatively dry conditions. Also there seems to be little in the way of warm temperatures forecast, with unsettled weather set to continue. The savage thaws that occurred in March and then late May have not exactly been reversed, but the continuing cool weather extends the lifespan of the patches very nicely. Though I cannot be sure, as this photograph was taken 10 days ago, I suspect Britain's most southerly snow is a patch on Beinn Ime, roughly here.