inclemency

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It offers no protection against inclemency of the weather.

From Time Magazine Archive

These laws are "a curse equal to the barrenness of the earth, and the inclemency of the heavens."

From Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures by Mitchell, Logan

They were also night and day exposed to the inclemency of the weather, and yet loved so much the independence in which they lived, that no one murmured.

From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter

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

As soon as the Fall round-up was completed, sheds were erected and windbreaks made to protect the stock from the inclemency of the “Northers” as the storms were at that time called.

From The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid by Collins, Dennis