Some trivia from the history books:

From: “The American Remembrancer, and Universal Tablet of Memory: (containing) A List of The Most Eminent Men, Whether in Ancient or Modern Times, with …..: as also The Most Memorable Events in History,…. The Whole being intended to from a comprehensive abridgement of History and Chronology, particularly of that part which relates to America”. James Hardie A.M. 1795 Entered according to Act of Congress

Selected entries related to frosts and other weather from the section, “Earthquakes, Famines, Inundations, Storms, Tempests, Frosts, Accidental Fires, &c.”

pp 200:
Frosts, remarkable; a severe one in Scotland, which lasted 14 weeks, 359; the sea of Pontus, and that between Constantinople and Scutari, 401; so severe a frost all over Britain, that the rivers were frozen up for above two months, 508: one so great, that the Danube was quite frozen over, 558; carriages were used on the Adriatic sea, 859; the Mediterranean sea was frozen over and passable in carts in 860; most of the rivers in England frozen over for two months, 908; the Thames frozen for 13 weeks, 923; a frost in England on midsummer day so vehement, that the corn and fruits were destroyed, 1035; the Mediterranean sea was frozen over and the merchants past their merchandise in carts, 1234; the Cattegat sea, between Norway and Denmark was frozen 1294; the sea from Sweden to Gothland frozen 1296; the Baltic was passable for foot passengers and horsemen for six weeks, in 1323; again in 1402; the sea between Constantinople and Iskodar was passable on ice, in 1620; a great frost in England for three months, with heavy snows, from December to March 1709; again when a fair was held on the Thames in 1716; a very severe frost in Russia, 1747; in America so severe in the winter of 1780 and 1781, that in January the passage between New York and Staten Island was practicable for the heaviest cannon; in England January 1789, when the Thames was crossed on the ice opposite the customs house, the tower, etc. This frost was at the same time general in Europe, particularly in Holland; frost and snow, with hail, in different parts of England at midsummer 1791; and in Italy and Spain in December following; the most remarkable frost in Europe which has happened in this century, was in the present winter 1794 and 1795, when the Zuyder sea in Holland was frozen over, a circumstance which has not happened in the memory of man. This frost was also intensely severe in Britain, Ireland, etc.

(With regard to Storms) selected entries beginning on page 212:

…..when Edward I of England was on his march towards Chartres, in France, there happened a storm, accompanied with a tempest of rain, lightening, and hail stones, so prodigious, as instantly to kill 6000 of his horses, and 1000 of his troops, 1359; a violent storm in England, which threw down many houses, destroyed much cattle, and rooted up trees, 1389; this was followed by a great mortality, and also a famine; hail stones fell at Dorchester, in England, which measured 7 inches in circumference, August 22, 1651; in Italy, a storm of hail which destroyed all the fish, birds, and beasts of the country, some of the stones weighing nearly 100 pounds, in 1510; a violent one in Denmark, which rooted up whole forests, Jan 1, 1515; a violent one in the river St Lawrence, when eight British frigates were lost on Egg Island, and 1000 men perished, August 23, 1711; the day Oliver Cromwell died, there arose one which extended all over Europe, Sept 3, 1658; in 1696, two hundred sail of British colliers, and some coasters, were lost in a hurricane, with all their crews, in 1696; May 4, 1697, hailstones fell in England 14 inches in circumference, which destroyed trees and corn in a dreadful manner

etc etc etc (there’s more)

(And in regard to Hurricanes and other storms of the sea) from various pages:
Barbados, the island of, much damaged by fire in May and December 1766: much damaged by a dreadful hurricane, which destroyed many houses, and left none on the island undamaged, Oct. 10, 1780. A peregrination of the earth destroyed several habitations, mills, &c &c. October 16, 1784: much damaged by a storm, Sept. 2, 1786: much injured by a hurricane, Oct. 23, 1793
Ceuta, in Barbary, had 200 houses blown down by a storm, Feb. 1752.
Charleston, New England, greatly damaged by a storm, 1761; burnt by British troops, June 17, 1775.
Charleston, South Carolina, a hurricane at, and most of the town consumed by fire, 1699; half laid in ruins by a fire Nov. 1740; infested and much distressed with worms, June 1751; destroyed by a hurricane, Sept. 15, 1753; had 250 dwelling houses, besides out houses burnt, to the amount of 440,000 dollars, Jan. 15, 1778.
Cologne, Germany, received great damage by a flood, and had its bridge, with 100 persons, besides carts, &c. carried away, Dec. 17, 1747.
Cuba island damaged by earthquake, 1530; again an earthquake and storm of rain, June 21, 1791, when 3000 persons and 11,700 cattle perished.
Delaware river, a great flood in, which swept away several dwelling houses situated on the low grounds about the falls, 1692.
Deluge of Ducalion, in Thessaly, 1592 B.C.
______ the general, threatened, in the year of the world 1546, i.e. 2348 before Christ, Noah being then about 600 years old, and continued 377 days. Noah left the ark Dec. 18, 2347 B.C.
Gibraltar nearly destroyed by a storm, Feb. 3, 1766.
Goodwin sands, on the coast of Kent, in England, occasioned by an inundation of the sea 1100.
Guatimala, in New Spain, much damaged by an inundation, Sept. 1541; entirely swallowed up by an earthquake. Dec. 15, 1773.
Inundations, one of the sea, which overflowed 4000 acres of Earl Goodwin’s estate in Kent, England, since called Goodwin sands, 1100; one in Holland, when the sea broke in at Dert, and drowned 72 villages and 100,000 people; another in 1421, by which the Zuyder sea was formed; one in Catalonia, Spain, from continued rains, attended with a storm, which destroyed more than 500,000 persons, 1617; one at Newcastle on Tyne, in England, by which upwards of 120 persons were drowned, 1633; one in Yorkshire, England, in which a rock visibly opened, and water was thrown into the air, to the height of an ordinary church steeple, 1686; an inundation of the Delaware, which swept away several dwelling houses, 1692; in Zealand, when the sea broke the dykes, and covered the whole country with water, 1300 people lost their lives; at Naples, where it carried away a whole village, and drowned 200 of the inhabitants, Nov. 10, 1773; in different parts of Germany and England, in the fall of 1785, when some thousands had their houses and property destroyed; in Spain, Sept. 17, 1787, when 2000 people lost their lives, and all the buildings of several villages were swept away by the currents from the mountains. A terrible by the Lissey in Ireland, which did considerable damage in Dublin and its environs, Nov. 12, 1787; of the North river at New York, which considerably damaged the docks, &c. Sept 1788; a dreadful inundations in Scotland and the North of England, March 1795.
Jago St. a storm at, which did much damage, and the hailstones were as large as oranges, July, 1772.
Jamaica, an earthquake at, June 7, 1662, which shook the whole island to the foundation, and totally destroyed the city Port Royal, so as not to leave in one quarter not eve the smallest vestige standing; a dreadful hurricane here, August 20, 1722; again Sept. 1, 1734, and Oct. 1744; another which did much damage, Aug. 10, 1751; October 3, 1780. This island was greatly damaged by a dreadful hurricane, which almost overwhelmed the little sea-port town of Savannah la Mer, and great part of the adjacent country. It also overturned almost every house, and killed a great number of people; another did considerable damage July 30, 1784, and again in 1790. Five ships, three brigs, a snow, two schooners, many warves, &c. destroyed by an extraordinary swell of the sea, Oct. 21, 1793.
Johnstown, St Antiqua, destroyed by a storm, Aug. 17, and 31, 1772; by fire 1769.
Kitts St. alias St. Christopher’s, damaged by a storm, and 30 ships lost on it’s coast, 1733; greatly damaged by fire, 1768; suffered an immense loss by storm, and the town of Bassaterre destroyed by fire, Sept. 5, 1776.
Liverpool, England, much damaged by a storm, June 29, 1789.
Newfoundland, a terrible storm on the coasts of, Sept. 1775; had considerable part of its woods burnt, near St. John’s, 1776.
New England greatly damaged by a hurricane, August 15, 1788.
New York, …….. a severe hurricane there, which did considerable damage to shipping, &c. and 16 people in boats on the river were drowned. August 16, 1792.