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Extreme weather is when a weather event is significantly different from the average or usual weather pattern. This may take place over one day or a period of time.
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. [1][2][3] Extreme events are based on a location's recorded weather history.
Sep 14, 2009 · In this chapter, I attempt to describe a framework for classifying, diagnosing, and understanding extreme weather and climate events. The multidimensional aspect of complex extreme events will be discussed, and statistical methods will be presented for understanding simple extreme events.
- David B. Stephenson
- 2008
Apr 28, 2016 · Extreme weather events can have broad biological significance. From a physiological perspective, such events can trigger immediate physiological stress, reduce reproduction, or even cause death (Easterling et al. 2000; Somero 2010; Dowd et al. 2015).
Mar 20, 2019 · Similar to this definition is the one proposed by Vose et al. (2013) who addressed that extreme weather is the state of the weather that falls outside the normal weather patterns, and it should be defined based in meteorological standards rather than physical destructiveness.
May 8, 2017 · Extreme climatic events could be major drivers of biodiversity change, but it is unclear whether extreme biological changes are (i) individualistic (species- or group-specific), (ii) commonly associated with unusual climatic events and/or (iii) important determinants of long-term population trends.
May 24, 2017 · It is important to put 21st-century understanding of extreme weather events into the context of the general state of knowledge about the climate system and its impacts on society while providing essential background information on methodologies of climate research.
