Moist air holds heat better than dry air.
114
There is a persistent storm in Venezuela that produces lightning 140 to 160 nights a year, 10 hours per day and up to 280 times per hour and has been going since at least the 16th century.
25
Temperatures have been cooling since 2002, even as carbon dioxide has continued to rise.
106
The speed of a typical raindrop is 17 miles per hour.
181
It snows more in the Grand Canyon than it does in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
113