Interesting Facts About Weather and Climate

The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth was -128.6 degrees Fahrenheit (-89.2 degrees Celsius) at Vostok Station in Antarctica in 1983.

The Great Barrier Reef is so vast that it can affect weather patterns by influencing ocean currents and temperatures.

One bolt of lightning contains enough energy to toast 100,000 slices of bread.

The Sahara Desert is expanding at a rate of about 30 miles (48 kilometers) per year due to climate change and human activities.

Rainbows are actually full circles, but we usually see only half of them from the ground.

The highest recorded speed of a raindrop is 18 miles per hour (29 kilometers per hour).

Hurricanes can release more energy in a single day than the entire world’s energy consumption.

A cloud can weigh more than a million pounds due to the water droplets it contains.