The definition of 'meteorology' used in this book
The biography and later reputation of Posidonius
Sources for the study of Posidonius' meteorology
The history of Greek meteorology before Posidonius
Earlier authors on meteorology used by Posidonius
The region in which meteorological phenomena occur
Climatic zones
Thunder and lightning
Lights in the sky: comets, the Milky Way and other phenomena
Exhalations
Winds
Earthquakes and volcanoes
The sea and its tides
Rain, snow, hail and cloud
Rivers : the Nile floods
Rainbows, haloes and mock-suns
Weather prediction and divination
Meteorology and providence
Epicurean meteorology compared with that of the Stoics
The place of meteorology among the different branches of knowledge
Sources and methods in Posidonius' meteorology
Assessment of the meteorology of Posidonius and his successors.