Decades of weather information for twenty-two cities, plus descriptions of Michigan's weather extremes

Explores some of the United States most severe or unusual weather systems, including electrified dust storms, pink snowstorms, luminous tornadoes, ball lightning, and falls of fish and toads.

"The climatological network consists of approximately one station for each 625 square mile area. This network density provides a good representation of the macro or large-scale climate in Michigan. Because the climatic parameters change more rapidly near the Great Lakes, some care must be exercised when applying th edata from a single point to a larger area. The station history provides background about the exposure of the observation site as an aid in evaluating the representativeness of the data to the surrounding terrain. As additional stations accumulate sufficient length of record, these summaries will be developed for future publications...."--Preface.

Weather can be enjoyable, be merely tolerated or even change a good day to a bad one. On some occasions, it can become extreme and dramatically impact your life. Written in a friendly, easy-to-understand style, Ahrens/Samson/Reed's EXTREME WEATHER AND CLIMATE, 2nd Edition clearly explains the science of how hurricanes, tornadoes, lightning, floods and extreme temperatures can occur, how they can sometimes be life-changing and how they may be impacted by global climate change. Vividly illustrated, this text will give you a new appreciation for the power of nature.

Using state-of-the-art digital imagery, the breathtaking spreads in these books feature an arresting design that is complemented by fascinating, up-to-date information in a user-friendly format.

Depicts some of history's most severe or unusual weather systems, including electrified dust storms, pink snowstorms, luminous tornadoes, ball lightning, and falls of fish and toads.