inclemency

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It offers no protection against inclemency of the weather.

From Time Magazine Archive

They ascended to the battlements, and faced the inclemency of the weather.

From Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy

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 air with sultry heats began to glow, The wings of winds were clogg’d with ice and snow; And shivering mortals into houses driven, Sought shelter from the inclemency of heaven.

From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)

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