Extreme Weather: A Guide and Record Book

This is a wonderful book on weather. And the extreme values it gives are actually fairly interesting and fun to read about. Besides, we all like to know if we're in the middle of truly unusual weather. The book starts with heat records for every state, both absolute maximums and July averages. As well as maps showing number of days with 90-degree (Fahrenheit) or higher temperatures. We learn about temperature-humidity... Read Full Review

This is the book a weather nut like me wished he had thought to write first. Great maps and photos, tables of data, and he asks for corrections, publishing them, with updates, at www.extremeweatherguide.com . The photos, such as Lincoln, NE, summer 1936, are spectacular, as are his colored maps of everything (wettest and driest spots by state is one example). He even has NYC data from the mid 19th Century, with "the day that... Read Full Review

"Extreme Weather" is a great combination of general meteorology, defining photographs and fabulous factoids. All kinds of interesting information on the wildest weather possible is included. Everything from floods to ice, from snowstorms to sandstorms and all in between. The reader gets a pretty cold view of just how nasty mother nature can be. It's enjoyable reading just in sections or as a whole. The book features a neatly... Read Full Review

I loved this book! The photos are great, nice thick book, and a wealth of info on the coldest, hottest, wettest, windiest, etc. You'll like it if you enjoy weather, records, trivia, reading about geography, etc. Big color photos, tornadoes, floods, maps, some historic photos too.

The ultimate extreme weather guide. Extreme Weather is filled with beautiful photos, easy to read maps and charts and concise, easy to use weather records, organized by city and state. Complimenting the well organized data is an excellent and informative historical text. A must have for any weather enthusiast, Extreme Weather is a valuable resource for the home or office.