The Times Books World Weather Guide

From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, here is a comprehensive guide to the weather in every country for every month of the year.

With over 450 charts and maps, The Times Books World Weather Guide is an easy-to-use, invaluable resource for serious travelers. Whether planning for business trips or vacations, readers can understand and anticipate weather conditions throughout the world.

The Times Books World Weather Guide covers over 500 cities, providing detailed and reliable information on:
-- Temperature: measurements for the average range, as well as highs and lows, in centigrade and Fahrenheit
-- Humidity: both morning and afternoon readings
-- Comfort index: how to use temperature and humidity charts to estimate comfort
-- Climate changes: new information on how environmental changes in the ozone layer and levels of carbon dioxide may affect the weather
-- Rainfall: average monthly rainfall: number of wet days
-- Wind chill index: how wind can dramatically affect the way weather is perceived
-- Geography: capsule descriptions of countries and climate regions

E.A. Pearce, who has traveled extensively, is former managing director of a leading advertising agency. Gordon Smith is a Fellow of Keble College, Oxford and University Lecturer in Geography at Oxford University. He is former director of the Radcliffe Meteorological Station.