Kentucky weather /

It is said of just about every state in the United States: ""If you don't like the weather, stick around. It'll change."" In Kentucky, however, this time-worn cliché carries more than a grain of truth. Weather and its vagaries are an obsession in the state, not only be...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hill, Jerry D., 1937-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2005.
Subjects:
NATURE > Weather.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Meteorology & Climatology.
Climatology.
Kentucky > Climate.
Kentucky > Climat.
Kentucky.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Kentucky's atmosphere: what makes Kentucky's weather
  • Weather through the ages
  • Early concepts of Kentucky's weather
  • Observers of Kentucky weather
  • Temperature
  • Rain, snow, and ice
  • Floods
  • Severe storms
  • Drought
  • Other weather elements
  • Effects of the weather on Kentucky's history and development
  • Climate change and variability
  • Weather lore and superstitions
  • Weather services in Kentucky.

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