WEATHER EXTREMES AROUND THE WORLD

Abstract

The report consists of a map of world and continental weather extremes and a map of North American weather extremes, with comments on the reliability of the records shown. Included are highest and lowest temperatures, largest temperature ranges, 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, highest humidity, and most frequent occurrence of dense fog. Both the absolute extreme and the most extreme annual average are given for most of the elements. As far as possible, the records are taken from official sources, and all of them are documented. Conditions of site, instrumentation, observational procedure, and other factors pertinent to the reliability of extremes are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0707920

Entities

People

  • Pauline Riordan

Organizations

  • United States Army Soldier Systems Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Barometers
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Climate Change
  • Earth Sciences
  • Geographic Regions
  • Geography
  • Humidity
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Meteorology
  • North America
  • Reliability
  • Solar Radiation
  • Topography
  • United States
  • Weather Stations

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Climatology
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Systems Analysis and Design