Times Books World Weather Guide [Paperback]

E A Pearce (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0812918819 | ISBN-13: 978-0812918816 | Publication Date: October 24, 1990 | Edition: Upd Sub

From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, here is a comprehensive guide to the weather in every country for every month of the year.

With over 450 charts and maps, The Times Books World Weather Guide is an easy-to-use, invaluable resource for serious travelers. Whether planning for business trips or vacations, readers can understand and anticipate weather conditions throughout the world.

The Times Books World Weather Guide covers over 500 cities, providing detailed and reliable information on:
-- Temperature: measurements for the average range, as well as highs and lows, in centigrade and Fahrenheit
-- Humidity: both morning and afternoon readings
-- Comfort index: how to use temperature and humidity charts to estimate comfort
-- Climate changes: new information on how environmental changes in the ozone layer and levels of carbon dioxide may affect the weather
-- Rainfall: average monthly rainfall: number of wet days
-- Wind chill index: how wind can dramatically affect the way weather is perceived
-- Geography: capsule descriptions of countries and climate regions

Editorial Reviews

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From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, here is a comprehensive guide to the weather in every country for every month of the year.

With over 450 charts and maps, The Times Books World Weather Guide is an easy-to-use, invaluable resource for serious travelers. Whether planning for business trips or vacations, readers can understand and anticipate weather conditions throughout the world.

The Times Books World Weather Guide covers over 500 cities, providing detailed and reliable information on:
-- Temperature: measurements for the average range, as well as highs and lows, in centigrade and Fahrenheit
-- Humidity: both morning and afternoon readings
-- Comfort index: how to use temperature and humidity charts to estimate comfort
-- Climate changes: new information on how environmental changes in the ozone layer and levels of carbon dioxide may affect the weather
-- Rainfall: average monthly rainfall: number of wet days
-- Wind chill index: how wind can dramatically affect the way weather is perceived
-- Geography: capsule descriptions of countries and climate regions

About the Author

E.A. Pearce, who has traveled extensively, is former managing director of a leading advertising agency. Gordon Smith is a Fellow of Keble College, Oxford and University Lecturer in Geography at Oxford University. He is former director of the Radcliffe Meteorological Station.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press; Upd Sub edition (October 24, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812918819
• ISBN-13: 978-0812918816
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,433,472 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most valuable travel books in my collection, October 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Times Books World Weather Guide (Paperback)

This is an invaluable guide to weather in almost every region of the world. If not for this book, we would have frozen our a--es off in India last year, like just about every other traveler we met. Thanks to this book, we dressed appropriately. It's helped us prepare for many other trips. I can't recommend it highly enough.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for weather patterns, not climatology, December 25, 2011

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This review is from: Times Books World Weather Guide (Paperback)

I bought this book to use for my college Climatology course. It was useful to establish precipitation and temperature averages in locations around the globe. It would have been more useful if the yearly precipitation was totaled and there was an average annual temperature. These two averages were critical to classifying (Koeppen) the climates of the various locations. I liked that the book was organized into continents with a good variety of locations and good summaries.

2 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Using this book for Reptiles and Amphibians, November 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Times Books World Weather Guide (Paperback)

I've found this book to be a reliable resource for recreating enviroments for reptiles and amphibians. Once I started to follow the climate for Costa rica, I had them breeding within a few months... I feel that this should be a part of every Herp book collection