Pacific
Which state has averages the most snowfall per year?
Alaska (Valdez, Alaska)
In which sate is the saltiest lake in the U.S.?
Utah
(The Great Salt Lake)
What is the most active month for hurricanes in the Atlantic basin?
September
Which state averages the most rainfall per year?
Hawaii, especially Kauai with over 400 inches, making it one of the wettest places on earth
Which state holds the record for the highest average wind speed in the continental U.S.?
Kansas
(84 mph recorded in Dodge City, Kansas 2021)
Which borough of NYC is typically the hottest during summer?
Manhattan, due to the urban heat island effect
Which Northern California city holds the record for the most rainfall in a single year?
Eureka
The "Tri-State Tornado" of 1925, the deadliest in U.S. history, traveled through which three Midwestern states?
Missouri, Illinois, Indiana
Hurricanes aside, what type of powerful winter storm is common in New England, bringing heavy snow, high winds, and coastal flooding?
the "Nor’easter"
Which US city offers the most temperate weather with the fewest extremes?
San Diego
Which major Midwestern city experiences the most thunderstorms per year, averaging over 50 annually?
St. Louis, Missouri
Which state has the most weather-related fatalities overall?
Texas
This is the most famous wind corridor in Oregon — a narrow canyon between the Cascade Range and the Blue Mountains.
The Columbia River Gorge
Which Northern Midwestern state capital holds the U.S. record for the most snowfall in a single calendar day, with over 26 inches on December 1, 1974?
Madison, Wisconsin
Which state is wettest in this region of the US?
Louisiana
with over 60 inches annually
(but Mobile is the wettest city)
"Tule fog" hugs the ground and lasts for days, bad for motorists but good for crops.
Which city is the coldest in the continental 48 states? Hint: It's not Chicago or Minneapolis!
Grand Forks, ND
Which New England state is most likely to experience coastal flooding?
Massachusetts
Which specific place in the state of Washington is the wettest in the continental US?
The Olympic Rain Forest
What is the term for a rapidly developing severe thunderstorm system, common in the Plains Region, that can produce large hail and strong winds?
Supercell
What is categorically significant about the Galveston Hurricane of 1900?
It's the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history.
Annually, above the Arctic Circle in Barrow, Alaska, the sun doesn’t rise for 65 days in a row. What is this phenomenon called?
The Polar Night
Which city in the "sunniest city on earth" and the driest in its state (second driest in the US)?
Yuma
(annual rainfall is 3 inches and sunshine is 91%)
Which Atlantic state has a region known as the "Outer Banks," which is vulnerable to hurricanes?
North Carolina