Weather Facts for Kids

Every snowflake has six sides because of the way water molecules bond together when they freeze.

Tornadoes have been recorded on every continent except Antarctica.

Earth is struck by lightning about 100 times every single second — that is over 8 million strikes per day.

The hottest temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth was 134 degrees Fahrenheit in Death Valley, California, in 1913.

The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth was minus 128.6 degrees Fahrenheit at Antarctica's Vostok Station in 1983.

The largest hailstone ever found in the U.S. was 8 inches across — bigger than a softball.

Rainbows are actually full circles, but we usually only see a half-arc because the ground gets in the way.

It has snowed in the Sahara Desert several times in recorded history, most recently in 2018.

Wind is just air moving from areas of high pressure to low pressure — it has no colour, smell, or shape.

Waterspouts are tornadoes that form over water and can suck up fish, which then rain down on land.