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.
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In ten minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined!
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The speed of a typical raindrop is 17 miles per hour.
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It snows more in the Grand Canyon than it does in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Temperatures have been cooling since 2002, even as carbon dioxide has continued to rise.
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There is enough energy in one bolt of lightning to power a home for two weeks!
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Circumhorizontal arcs (loosely known as fire rainbows) are the rarest of all naturally occurring atmospheric phenomena.
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The winter of 1932 in the US was so cold that Niagara falls froze completely solid!
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