Miscellaneous Weather Trivia
When the ground temperature falls below freezing and ice forms, what is it called?
Answer: Frost
Which of these weather phenomena is caused by rapidly expanding air?
Answer: Thunder
Which is not a region where tropical storms develop?
Answer: Cape Horn
Which of these cloud types appear in the sky between 5,000m and 13,000m?
Answer: Cirrostratus
The rising of what in the Eastern sky marks the start of each day?
Answer: Sun
Weather is made up of temperature, precipitation, wind, and what else?
Answer: Air pressure
What name is given to the prevailing winds that are found in the Earth's equatorial region?
Answer: Trade winds
Hurricane Camille devastated the US in which year?
Answer: 1969
Which of these cloud types appear in the sky between 0 and 2,000m?
Answer: Stratocumulus
Where is the safest place to be during a tornado?
Under a tree
In a ditch
In your vehicle
Answer: In a ditch
What is the difference between a hurricane and typhoon?
Answer: Where they are
What is the term for the average weather conditions in a particular location?
Answer: Climate
Lake Okeechobee Hurricane devastated the US in which year?
Answer: 1928
Which cloud type is highest in altitude?
Answer: Cirrus
Which two weather conditions are needed to form a rainbow?
Answer: Sun and rain
If you suffer from nephophobia, which weather phenomenon do you fear?
Answer: Clouds
Which country experiences the most tornadoes?
Answer: USA
According to the Beaufort Scale, what speed must a wind reach to be classified as a hurricane?
Answer: 74mph
Which sort of clouds produce hail?
Answer: Cumulonimbus
What was the first mobile tornado tracking device called?
Answer: TOTO
What is the highest wind speed ever recorded in the US?
Answer: 231 mph
In a weather forecast, if the wind is 'veering', how is it changing?
Answer: Moving Clockwise
Cuba-Florida Hurricane devastated the US in which year?
Answer: 1944
Which of these is NOT a type of cloud?
Stratocumulus
Claudius
Altocumulus
Answer: Claudius
Which weather phenomenon is set off by giant thunderclouds called 'supercells'?
Answer: Tornado