| Weather Facts |
| The most violent tornado in recorded history struck on 18 March 1925, killing 689 people, injuring 1980 others, destroying 4 towns, severely damaging 6 others and leaving 11,000 homeless across Missouri, Indiana and Illinois.
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| The fastest winds on earth are inside a tornado funnel. Winds here have been recorded at 480 km/h (300 mph). |
| The Australian wind record goes to Mardie in Western Australia, when winds gusted to 259 km/h (162 mph) during Cyclone "Trixie" on 19 February 1975. |
| This movement of air is what makes the wind blow. |
| A cold front brought strong and gusty winds to the Great Basin and the Southern Plateau Region, with wind gusts to 44 mph reported at Kingman AZ. |
| The hurricane which hit Miami FL on the 18th, pounded Pensacola FL with wind gusts to 152 mph. Winds raged in excess of 100 mph for four hours, and above 75 mph for 20 hours. |
| Cloud droplets are extremely small. They are about ten thousandth of an inch across, a thousand times smaller than a raindrop.
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| The biggest clouds are cumulonimbus, climbing up to 9.7 kilometers (6 miles) high and holding up to half a million tons of water. |
| Sunbathing on sunny days with clouds in the sky can be dangerous. |
| Clouds can reflect so much ultraviolet light from the sunlight they dramatically increase the ultraviolet reaching the ground. |
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