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climatic parameter > extreme weather

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extreme weather  

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  • Extreme weather or extreme climate events includes unexpected, unusual, severe, or unseasonal weather; weather at the extremes of the historical distribution—the range that has been seen in the past. Often, extreme events are based on a location's recorded weather history and defined as lying in the most unusual ten percent. (Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_weather)

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