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 What
is the weather like today? Is it sunny or rainy? The weather plays
very important roles in our daily lives. If we don’t prepare for the weather,
it can cause many problems. Let’s learn some interesting facts and records about the weather.
The highest temperature ever to be recorded
in Antarctica is 14.6 °C. It
was recorded on January 5, 1974. The most rain fall ever recorded in
24 hours is 182.5 centimeters in La Reunion, a French island located in the Indian Ocean. It was
recorded during the tropical cyclone Denise on
January 8, 1966.
The driest place on Earth is
Wadi Halfa in Sudan. It receives an annual average rainfall of
less than 2.5 millimeters. The wettest place in the world
is Mawsynram in India. It receives an average of 11,870 millimeters
of rain each year.
Hawaii is also considered one of the wettest places in the world.
The most rain fall ever recorded in one year was 25.4 meters in Cherrapunji,
India.
The highest snow fall ever recorded in
a one year period was 31.1 meters in
Mount Rainier, Washington State in the U.S. between February 19, 1971
and February 18, 1972. The heaviest hailstone ever recorded weighed 1.0 kilograms. It
landed in Bangladesh on April
14, 1986.
 Rain drops range in size from 0.5 millimeters
to about 2 millimeters. Rain drops can fall at speeds of about 35
kilometers an hour. The total amount of precipitation
to fall to Earth in one year is about 5,000 million tons.
The Earth experiences millions of lightning storms every year.
The U.S. has more tornadoes than any other
country in the world, averaging around 1,200 a year. |
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