So,
extremes of storminess are not a useful indicator either way.
Not exact matches
Instead, what seemed to be the main factor that increased the chances
of that
extreme storminess was a change in winds all the way over in the tropical Pacific.
Further, their model explained a number
of current phenomena and helped explain past instances
of very rapid sea level rise and
extreme storminess.
The period as described in the BOOTY site from the mid 12th century though the 13th century and into the first third
of the 14th century was incredibly variable and
extreme in
storminess, cold, heat, rainfall and drought and the consequent severe famine and disease.
They found no long - term trend during the last 100 years, but a clear rise since a minimum
of storminess in the 1960s, which is consistent with the rise in
extreme geostrophic wind found by Jones et al. (1999c).