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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The state of being intemperate; excessive indulgence of any appetite or passion;

as,

intemperateness

in eating or drinking

Severity of weather; inclemency.

Boyle.

By unseasonable weather, by

intemperateness

of the air or meteors.

Sir M. Hale.

Noun.

Want of moderation; excessive degree of indulgence; as the intemperateness of appetite or passion.

Immoderate degree of any quality in the weather, as in cold, heat or storms.

intemperateness ‎(uncountable)

The quality of being intemperate.
- 1897, George Meredith, Beauchamp's Career, Complete:
  She objected to Beauchamp's intemperateness and unsparingness, as if she was for conveying a sisterly warning to Cecilia; and that being off her mind, she added, smiling a little and colouring a little: 'We learn only from men what men are.'
- 1912, Jose Rizal, The Reign of Greed:
  Besides the intemperateness of the demand," went on the Dominican, "besides the fact that it is in the nature of an infringement on our prerogatives--" Padre Sibyla dared not go on, but looked at Simoun. "