extreme weather
Defined in 2 places across 2 titles of the United States Code.
The term "extreme weather" includes observed or anticipated severe and unseasonable atmospheric conditions, including drought, heavy precipitation, hurricanes, tornadoes and other windstorms (including derechos), large hail, extreme heat, extreme cold, flooding, sustained temperatures or precipitation that deviate substantially from historical averages, and any other weather event that the Administrator determines qualifies as extreme weather.
Source
- 2022–present15 U.S.C. § 9710Commerce and Trade · Identification and support of consistent, Federal set of forward-looking, long-term meteorological information · in this section
The term “extreme weather” means recurrent flooding, drought, desertification, wildfires, thawing permafrost, sea level fluctuation, changes in mean high tides, or any other weather-related event, or anticipated change in environmental conditions, that present (or are projected to present) a recurring annual threat to the climate security of the United States or of allies and partners of the United States.
Source
- 2021–present10 U.S.C. § 101Armed Forces · Definitions · in this title