Excerpt from American Weather: A Popular Exposition of the Phenomena of the Weather, Including Chapters on Hot and Cold Waves, Blizzards, Hail-Storms and Tornadoes, Etc;, Etc The examples cited in most modern works are, in great part, drawn from foreign sources, so that the author has felt the advisability of setting before the American public in some detail the fact that there can be found in the United States all varieties (i weather. The delightful climate of the Riviera, the burning heats of the Sahara, and the eternal frosts of Siberia find their parallels within the broad confines of 'our Union. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.