Snow isn’t white and other mind-blowing weather facts
Weird and wonderful weather
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The United States has the most tornadoes
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Snow isn't actually white
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Wind is silent
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It almost never snows in Antarctica
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There are 760 thunderstorms on Earth every hour
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Raindrops are really fast...
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... they don't look like you think...
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... and here's why they aren't bigger
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The Mississippi River once froze over its entire length
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The wettest place on Earth is in India
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The lowest temperature recorded on Earth is -89.2ºC (-128.6ºF)
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There's a snowflake catalogue
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Yuma, Arizona is the sunniest place on Earth
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Cricket chirps tell temperature
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Oymyakon is the coldest inhabited area on Earth
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There's no official record for the hottest-ever recorded temperature
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The first-ever weather forecast was published in Britain
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You can't actually smell rain
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Cooler temperature helps you think
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The Atacama Desert is not the Earth's driest place
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The foggiest city in the world is in Canada
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Around 26 feet of snow falls in the snowiest city on Earth
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The longest-lasting tropical cyclone went on for 31 days
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A town in France is one of the windiest in the world
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A yodel can't cause an avalanche
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The longest recorded dry period lasted 14 years
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A heatwave once turned grapes into raisins before they were picked
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Hurricane Harvey changed rain maps forever
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There is a record for greatest rainfall in a minute
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Thunder and lightning are the same thing
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