inclemency

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It offers no protection against inclemency of the weather.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1627 he visited Newfoundland with his family, but the inclemency of the climate convinced him of the undesirability of Avalon.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

In some portions of Mars no structures are used at all, owing to the mildness of the climate and the total absence of inclemency in the slightest degree.

From A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead by Helleberg, C. G. (Carl Gustaf)

He made it quite simply, as if he were commenting on the inclemency of the weather or the overheating of the carriage.

From Leaves in the Wind by Gardiner, A. G. (Alfred George)

This shore is as little Indian as possible, and we have hitherto—for the season—had to combat every form of inclemency.

From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry