Accession Number:

ADA000802

Title:

Weather Extremes Around the World

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY ENGINEER TOPOGRAPHIC LABS FORT BELVOIR VA

Personal Author(s):

• Riordan, Pauline

Report Date:

1974-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

60.0

Abstract:

The report consists of a worldwide map of weather extremes and a separate map for North America, with comments on the reliability of the records shown. Included are highest and lowest temperatures, largest temperature variations, greatest and least amounts of precipitation for various durations, maximum precipitation variability, greatest thunderstorm frequency, highest and lowest atmospheric pressure, highest solar radiation, largest hailstones, greatest snowfall, highest wind speed, high dew point, and most frequent occurrence of dense fog. Where appropriate, the value for the highest and lowest annual mean is also given. Conditions of site, instrumentation, observational procedure, and other factors such as environmental and meteorological conditions pertinent to the reliability of extremes are discussed.

Descriptors:

• *METEOROLOGICAL DATA
• *WEATHER
• ANOMALIES
• ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION
• ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
• BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
• DEW POINT
• FOG
• HAIL
• HUMIDITY
• METEOROLOGICAL CHARTS
• OPTIMIZATION
• SNOW
• SOLAR RADIATION
• THUNDERSTORMS
• WIND

Subject Categories:

• Meteorology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE