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Even though I literally have shelves of weather books in my office, it was not that difficult a task to pick my top five favorite titles. These are the ones that I tend to keep within easy reach to either refresh my memory on a particular topic or simple to enjoy. Each one fills a unique niche and should be a valuable addition to the weather libraries of others. Consequently, the #1 book is no more or less important than #5 on the list, and they are presented in the order of publication.
#2 Extreme Weather by Chris Burt, 2007 (2nd ed)
Weather is very much like baseball in that there are statistics for just about ever thing; and the more obscure or extreme the better. Chris Burt, has captured these superlatives of the atmosphere in Extreme Weather. This book is both useful to look up a specific factoid or just fun to thumb through. It is is divided into either large chapters by weather phenomena, from heat and cold to windstorms and fog.Within each chapter there are tons of great maps, tables and graphics which are so extensive that they have their own, very handy, table of contents. The inside front cover alone is worth the purchase price with a world maps highlighting the globe’s extremes. Extreme Weather is also a good read, with interesting background about various events in weather history and the impact of extreme weather on people and history.
#1 Storm by George R. Stewart, 1941
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