Judging Extreme Weather: Climate Science in Action

Entertaining and informative explanation of how the World Meteorological Organization determines weather records. The author, Dr. Randy Cerveny, is the President’s Professor in Geographical Sciences at Arizona State University. He serves as WMO rapporteur of weather & climate extremes.

The book describes a World Meteorological Organization project on evaluating weather extremes. Each chapter discusses one of their investigations: heat, rain, tornadoes, hurricanes, etc. Very interesting stories.