Weather facts

Lightning strikes the Earth over 8 million times a day.
The highest temperature ever recorded on Earth was 134 degrees Fahrenheit (56.7 degrees Celsius) in Death Valley, California in 1913.
The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth was -128.6 degrees Fahrenheit (-89.2 degrees Celsius) in Antarctica in 1983.
A rainbow can only occur when there is both sunlight and rain.
The world's largest snowflake on record was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick, measured in Montana in 1887.
Hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons are all the same weather phenomenon, but are given different names depending on where they occur.
The fastest wind speed ever recorded on Earth was 253 miles per hour (408 kilometers per hour) during a tornado in Oklahoma in 1999.
The wettest place on Earth is Mawsynram, a village in India, which receives an average of 467 inches (11,871 millimeters) of rain per year.
The world's largest hailstone on record was 8 inches in diameter and weighed over 1 pound, measured in Vivian, South Dakota in 2010.
Snow can fall in temperatures as high as 40 degrees Fahrenheit (4 degrees Celsius), as long as the conditions are right for it to form.