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In
early January 1929 one of the worst winters
in Istanbul's history took the city in its grip.
A fierce storm blew up at 2 o'clock in the morning
of Monday 7 January, and the constant sounding
of horns as the ships in harbour warned one
another was the first the people of Istanbul
heard about the cold weather moving eastwards
from the Balkans. The first snow fell on the
city that morning. On Thursday 10 January the
weather forecast predicted that the blizzards
would last at most two or three days. However,
on Saturday evening southwesterly gales commenced,
and on Sunday morning people woke up to find
Istanbul under a carpet of snow. Ferry services
were delayed by winds and rough seas for the
next few days, returning to normal when the
storm died down on Wednesday 16 January. Until
the following Monday the weather was deceptively
mild and sunny.
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