Weather Facts

    Random Weather Facts

    There are 23 Weather Facts!

    City in the Clouds
    City in the Clouds
    In October 2015, a 'floating city' of what appeared to be tall buildings rose from the clouds above Foshan, China. After lasting only a few minutes, conspiracy theories ran rampant, but experts say that it's a rare optical illusion called Fata Morgana.
    25
    In ten minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined!
    371
    It snows more in the Grand Canyon than it does in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
    113
    The winter of 1912 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze over.
    35
    Dirty snow melts faster than clean.
    350
    Temperatures have been cooling since 2002, even as carbon dioxide has continued to rise.
    106
    -40 degrees Celsius is equal to -40 degrees Fahrenheit.
    96
    There is a persistent storm in Venezuela that produces lightning 140 to 160 nights a year, 10 hours per day and up to 280 times per hour and has been going since at least the 16th century.
    25