inclemency

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It offers no protection against inclemency of the weather.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Ontario the farmer has his crops protected by a belt of trees from p. 166the inclemency of the weather. 

From Pictures of Canadian Life A Record of Actual Experiences by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

As we afterwards learned, the surgeon of the frigate, Dr. Ruschitztha, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, was ordered from the frigate, and had the satisfaction of rendering valuable assistance to the invalid.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von

At all events, we meet with similar conditions in several monuments, which for ages have braved the inclemency of recurring seasons.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Whymper, Frederick

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)