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... > Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Meteorological Concepts > Atmosphere > Weather > Extreme Weather
... > Environment and Public Health > Environment > Meteorological Concepts > Atmosphere > Weather > Extreme Weather

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Extreme Weather  

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Definition

  • Events that have extreme values of important meteorological variables. Extreme is generally defined as either taking maximum values or exceedance above pre-existing high thresholds. Such events are generally rare; for example, extreme wind speeds exceeding the 100-year return value, which have a probability of only 0.01 of occurring in any particular year. (Stephenson, 2008)

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