How Often Santa Barbara Has Cold Temperatures. Cold weather is almost unheard of in Santa Barbara. Normally every day warms up to at least 50 degrees F. Only about nine nights a year cool down to 40 Â°F or less.
Catastrophe definition, a sudden and widespread disaster: the catastrophe of war. See more.
Obsolete. an unfavorable aspect of a star or planet. 1. mischance, misfortune, misadventure, mishap, accident, blow, reverse, adversity, affliction. Disaster, calamity, catastrophe, cataclysm refer to adverse happenings often occurring suddenly and unexpectedly. A disaster may be caused by carelessness, negligence, bad judgment, or the like, or by natural forces, as a hurricane or flood: a railroad disaster. Calamity suggests great affliction, either personal or general; the emphasis is on the grief or sorrow caused: the calamity of losing a child.