Weather category: 468 books
The Worst Weather on Earth
A History of the Mount Washington Observatory
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
"There may be worse weather, from time to time, at some forbidding place on Planet Earth, but it has yet to be reliably recorded." So begins The Worst Weather on Earth: A History of the Mount Washington Observatory. Mount Washington, at 6,288 feet above sea level, is one of the highest elevations...
Making Sense of Weather and Climate
The Science Behind the Forecasts
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
How do meteorologists design forecasts for the next day's, the next week's, or the next month's weather? Are some forecasts more likely to be accurate than others, and why? Making Sense of Weather and Climate takes readers through key topics in atmospheric physics and presents a cogent view of how...
The Weather Handbook
An Essential Guide to How Weather is Formed and Develops
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014
The Weather Handbook is the essential guide to how the weather is formed, providing readers with the ability to look at the sky and interpret its signs, and combine this knowledge with information provided by professional forecasts to assess for themselves what the coming weather is likely to be.
This...
by Storm Dunlop
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
**There's nothing the British love more than discussing the weather and debating what it's going to do next. This handy-sized guide explains what causes the weather and easy ways to make your own forecasts. **
Will I need to take an umbrella this afternoon? Does a red sky tonight really...
The Everything KIDS' Weather Book
From Tornadoes to Snowstorms, Puzzles, Games, and Facts That Make Weather for Kids Fun!
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Get ready for a 100% chance of scientific fun!
Have you ever wondered what happens in the eye of a tornado or how hurricanes gain their strength? From lightning and snow-day blizzards to rainbows and monsoons, The Everything Kids' Weather Book gives you an exciting look into all the action...
by John Kington
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
Reviewing the history and causes of climatic change and evaluating regional models, this New Naturalist volume offers an important analysis of climatic variations. Much has happened in our knowledge of climate and weather over the past fifty years. The recording of relations between weather and natural...
by Brendan McWilliams
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1994
Weather Eye is a selection from the famous column in The Irish Times, which over the years has described and evoked all aspects of that most perennial of subjects for exchange and conversation - the lingua franca of country - and townspersons everywhere. Subjects encompassed include weather in history,...
Weather Whys
Facts, Myths, and Oddities
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010
The myths, history, wives-tales, oddities, and wonders of a subject that comes up every day: the weather.
Weather enthusiasts (or just the weather-curious) will discover surprising facts, myths, and oddities in this fascinating book of useful (and sometimes useless) information. With his expertise...
The Pocket Book of Weather
Entertaining and Remarkable Facts About Our Weather
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
Featuring three thousand essential facts and figures, illustrated with more than fifty color photographs and diagrams, this entertaining and informative guide explains how the weather shapes our planet and affects all our lives. From the weather you face each day to the glory of rainbows and lightning...
by Wilder, Nellie
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Learn all about different types of weather in this vibrant, fun reader! Students will learn about weather and how it makes people feel. Sunny weather makes people warm, while windy weather makes people chilly. The clear, easy-to-read text and bright images help readers easily understand various types...
by Ellen Lawrence
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
How hot is a flash of lightning? How fast does rain fall from a cloud? What type of weather can pull a tree out of the ground? In this book, young readers will witness the raw power of different types of weather and learn how the conditions they see every day can be recorded and tracked. Filled with...
The Weather Detective
Rediscovering Nature's Secret Signs
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
The internationally bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees shows how we can decipher nature's secret signs by studying the weather.
The internationally bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees shows how we can decipher nature's secret signs by studying the weather.
In this...
The Story of the British and Their Weather
From Frost Fairs to Indian Summers
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
The British weather: famously changeable, subject of endless complaint and endless small talk. We all feel we know it well as a largely benign backdrop to our lives, but the truth is our weather has changed the course of our history and society. This is the extraordinary tale of Britain’s weather...
by Sharon Coan
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2017
Weather changes from day to day. Through vibrant photographs, this wordless e-book depicts the many ways in which weather changes. Aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards, this e-book focuses on Earth's systems, specifically the weather. Students will be excited to learn about the changes...