Blame It on the Weather: Strange Weather Facts. Rev. ed.

Juliet Nielsen is an academic librarian in the Science and Technology
Library, University of Alberta.

Chock full of folklore, anecdotes, facts, and trivia, this engaging book
about weather covers everything from Arctic haze and sun pillars to
snowrollers and the 1997 Red River flood.

Did you know that the temperature for the coldest day in North America
(which fell below an unbelievable -80 degrees Fahrenheit) was recorded
at Snag weather station, situated east of the Alaska–Yukon boundary?
Or that in 1848 Niagara Falls ran dry? Ever wonder what impact El Niсo
is really having on North America? Do you know how to protect yourself
from frostbite? The authors answer these questions and many more. They
even include a quiz so that you can find out how truly weather-wise you
are. Regrettably, they do not include an introduction or a conclusion,
which results in an abrupt beginning and ending and creates a lack of
focus in the book. However, what could have been a potentially dry topic
is presented in a humorous and informative way.

Author David Phillips is generally regarded as Canada’s foremost
weather expert. Michael Parfit is an award-winning freelance journalist
who reports on environmental issues for National Geographic. Suzanne
Chisholm is a producer whose news piece on dry-land salinity in western
Australia recently aired on CNN’s Earth Matters. Their book is a fine
resource for anyone wanting to learn about weather history,
weather-related phenomena, and how weather shapes our everyday lives.