inclemency

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It offers no protection against inclemency of the weather.

From Time Magazine Archive

The inclemency of the weather increased the feeling of loneliness and isolation which had seized upon Forrester since the departure of his family.

From The Secret Toll by Thorne, Paul And Mabel

Life goes hard with each and all alike--privation, the inclemency of the weather, the wild beast, being the common foes of all.

From For the Right by Franzos, Karl Emil

On the very same principle, troops when engaged upon active service do not suffer from the inclemency of the weather, although saturated with wet by day, and sleeping under torrents of rain by night.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

The settlers were, besides, suffering from dysentery, fever, and other complaints, brought on by an unaccustomed mode of life, in dwellings that were mere hovels, and subjection to the inclemency of the rainy season.

From In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" by Kloss, C. Boden