| Weather Facts |
| Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania is the only permanent snowcap within sight of the equator. |
| Permanent snow and ice cover about 12% (21 million square km's) of the Earth's land surface. 80% of the world's fresh water is locked up as ice or snow. |
| A single snowstorm can drop 40 million tons of snow, carrying the energy equivalent to 120 atom bombs. |
| There is NOT a law of nature that prohibits 2 snowflakes from being identical. |
| The largest snowflakes in the world fell across Fort Keogh in Montana (USA) on 28 January 1887. |
| The largest hailstone recorded fell on 14 April 1986 in Bangladesh weighing 1kg (2.25lbs). The hailstorm reportedly killed 92 people. |
| The largest piece of ice to fall to earth was an ice block 6 meters (20 ft) across that fell in Scotland on 13 August 1849. |
| At any particular time, there are approximately 1,800 thunderstorms occurring in the Earth's atmosphere.
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| A typical flash of folk lightning lasts for about 0.2 seconds. |
| In Australia, Darwin (NT) is the sunniest capital with an average of 8.5 hours a day. |
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