{"id":359,"date":"2015-01-16T05:51:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T11:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/natgeokids.com?p=359"},"modified":"2026-03-04T17:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:00:32","slug":"30-freaky-facts-about-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/discover\/geography\/physical-geography\/30-freaky-facts-about-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"30 freaky facts about the weather!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Prepare to be blown away, gang, with our 30 facts about the world&#8217;s weather!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Freaky weather facts<\/h2>\n<p><strong>1)<\/strong> You can tell the temperature by counting a cricket&#8217;s chirps!<\/p>\n<p><strong>2)<\/strong> Dirt mixed with wind can make dust storms called black blizzards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3)<\/strong> A mudslide can carry rocks, trees, vehicles and entire buildings!<\/p>\n<p><strong>4)<\/strong> The coldest temperature ever officially recorded was -89.2\u00b0C. <em>Brrrr!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>5)<\/strong> Sandstorms can swallow up entire cities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Weather-facts-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2778\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Weather-facts-4.jpg\" alt=\"Weather facts\" width=\"635\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Weather-facts-4.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Weather-facts-4-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>6)<\/strong> Mild autumn weather often means bigger spiders in our homes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7)<\/strong> A heatwave can make train tracks bend!<\/p>\n<p><strong>8)<\/strong> About 2,000 thunderstorms rain down on Earth every minute.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9)<\/strong> A 2003 heatwave turned grapes to raisins before they were picked from the vine!<\/p>\n<p><strong>10)<\/strong> Lightning often follows a volcanic eruption.<\/p>\n<p><strong>11)<\/strong> Raindrops can be the size of a housefly and fall at more than 30kmph.<\/p>\n<p><strong>12)<\/strong> Cape Farewell in Greenland is the windiest place on the planet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>13)<\/strong> Hurricanes can push more than 6m of water ashore.<\/p>\n<p><strong>14)<\/strong> In July 2001 the rainfall in Kerala, India, was blood red!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Weather-facts-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2776\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Weather-facts-2.jpg\" alt=\"Weather facts\" width=\"635\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Weather-facts-2.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Weather-facts-2-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>15)<\/strong> Blizzards can make snowflakes feel like pellets hitting your face.<\/p>\n<p><strong>16)<\/strong> A <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/COUNTRY_SUF\/discover\/geography\/physical-geography\/hurricanes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hurricane<\/a><\/strong> in Florida, USA, caused 900 captive pythons to escape.<\/p>\n<p><strong>17)<\/strong> Worms wriggle up from underground when a flood is coming.<\/p>\n<p><strong>18)<\/strong> A thunderstorm can produce 160kmph winds!<\/p>\n<p><strong>19)<\/strong> In Antarctica, snow can fall so hard you can\u2019t see your hand in front of your face.<\/p>\n<p><strong>20)<\/strong> A whiteout or heavy snowfall that makes it difficult to see, can make you feel sick.<\/p>\n<p><strong>21)<\/strong> Wildfires sometimes create tornadoes made of fire called fire whirls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Weather-facts.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2780\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Weather-facts.jpg\" alt=\"Weather facts\" width=\"635\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Weather-facts.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Weather-facts-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>22)<\/strong> In 1972, a blizzard dumped 8m of snowfall on Iran, burying 200 villages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>23)<\/strong> Some tornadoes can be faster than formula one racing cars!<\/p>\n<p><strong>24)<\/strong> Black ice, a transparent coating of ice on a surface, can make pavements super-slippery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>25)<\/strong> Some frogs get noisier just before it rains.<\/p>\n<p><strong>26)<\/strong> In 525 BC a sandstorm buried hundreds of soldiers in an Egyptian desert.<\/p>\n<p><strong>27)<\/strong> Waterspouts, or rotating columns of air over water, can make sea creatures rain down from the sky.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Weather-facts-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2775\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Weather-facts-1.jpg\" alt=\"Weather facts\" width=\"635\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Weather-facts-1.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Weather-facts-1-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>28)<\/strong> The most damage ever caused by a thunderstorm was in 1995, when hailstones bigger than cricket balls fell in Texas, USA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>29)<\/strong> In 1684, it was so cold that the River Thames froze solid for two months.<\/p>\n<p><strong>30)<\/strong> Cats and dogs have been known to sense when a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/uncategorized\/tornado-facts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tornado<\/a><\/strong> is approaching.<\/p>\n<h6>Photos: Getty Images UK.<\/h6>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What do you think to our freaky weather facts? 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