Extreme Weather

Extreme weather includes unexpected, unusual, severe, or unseasonal weather; weather at the extremes of the historical distribution—the range that has been seen in the past.

Extreme events are based on a location's recorded weather history and are defined as lying in the most unusual ten percent (10th or 90th percentile) of a probability density function.

The main types of extreme weather include heat waves, cold waves, and heavy precipitation or storm events, such as tropical cyclones.

<p>The effects of extreme weather events are economic costs, loss of human lives, droughts, floods, and landslides.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Severe weather is a particular type of extreme weather which poses risks to life and property.</p> Signup and view all the answers