Extreme Weather Trivia

1. When sustained winds are immediately expected to be over forty miles per hour for at least one hour in an area, what kind of advisory does the National Weather Service issue for that area?

From Quiz All About Weather Advisories

Answer: High Wind Warning

High Wind Warnings are very serious; they warn of destructive winds which can be strong enough to knock down some trees and telephone poles! If one is issued for your area, secure all loose objects outside to prevent them from blowing away.

From Quiz Tornadoes and Severe Weather

Answer: tornado damage

The Fujita Scale estimates tornado strength by looking at the damage produced by the tornado. The rating a tornado receives is based on its most intense damage.

From Quiz Extreme Weather

Answer: 136 degrees F

The World Meteorological Society investigated the claim in detail in 2012, concluding that the temperature had been overstated by between twelve and thirteen degrees Fahrenheit. The highest temperature recorded in the USA was 134 degrees F in Death Valley, California on July 10, 1913, and this became the new benchmark in 2012.

From Quiz Is It Hot In Here, Or Am I Just Melting?

Answer: Israel, Iran

Israel, 1942, and Iran, 2017, 54 °C (129 °F) Japan, 2018 and South Korea, 2018, 41° C (105.0° F) Jordan. 2002 and China 2017, 50.3° C (122.5° F) Syria, 2010, and Turkey, 2021 49.2° C (120.6° F) Please order your ice cream in a bowl, as it will melt before you can lick it off a cone.

From Quiz All About Weather Advisories

Answer: Dense Fog Advisory

Foggy weather can pose a very serious threat to motorists because it greatly reduces how far they are able to see around them while operating vehicles. When one is issued, take extra precautions to drive safely, such as allowing more space between you and the car in front of you, and using fog lights.

From Quiz Extreme Conditions

Answer: horizontally in the lower atmosphere

As the air rises within the storm, it will tilt the rotating air from horizontal to vertical.

From Quiz Tornadoes and Severe Weather

Answer: Texas

Texas is by far the leader in tornado touchdowns per year with 124. The next closest state is Oklahoma with 52. Kansas has 47 and Florida has 46.

From Quiz Extreme Weather

Answer: -79.8 degrees F

The lowest temperature ever recorded in the world was -128.6 degrees F at Vostok Station, Antartica on July 21, 1983. The lowest temperature ever recorded in an inhabited area was -90.4 degrees F at Oymyakon, Siberia (pop. 4,000) on February 6, 1933 and at Verkhoyansk, Siberia on January 3, 1885.

From Quiz Is It Hot In Here, Or Am I Just Melting?

Answer: Greece

Greece - 48.0°C (118.4°F) 1977 Montenegro - 44.8°C (112.6°F) 2007 & 2012 Serbia - 44.9°C (112.9°F) 2007 France - 46.0°C (114.8°F) 2019 July 10, 1977 was a serious scorcher in Athens. No wonder the runner from Marathon passed away when he got to Athens (was it heat stroke?). Of course, it was a different day, but it may have been similar circumstances, and this is sheer speculation.

From Quiz There Must Be A Change In The Weather

Answer: Dallas-Fort Worth

A cricket ball measures at least 8.81inches, that is 22.4 centimetres, according to the Laws of the game. They also weigh in at 5.75 ounces, or 163 grammes. Those hailstones in the Dallas-Fort Worth area came from a thunderstorm. Wind speeds of up to 160kmph have been measured in thunderstorms. Official figures place the average number of deaths due to hailstones in the USA at 24 each year. In April 1888 an estimated 246 people were killed by hailstones near Moradabad, India.

From Quiz All About Weather Advisories

Answer: Winter Storm Warning

Winter Storm Warnings might not seem as threatening as Blizzard Warnings, but the weather conditions associated with them can be almost as bad! The only exception is lower sustained winds which will not reduce visibility to a dangerous level in this situation.

From Quiz Extreme Conditions

Answer: a mobile home

The best place to be is an underground shelter or basement. If there isn't one, go to an interior room or hallway on the lowest floor possible. If you are caught outside, find a ditch or depression and lie flat and cover your head. Your car is another very dangerous place to be so don't try to outrun the tornado!

From Quiz Tornadoes and Severe Weather

Answer: 695

The tri-state tornado hit Missouri, Illinois and Indiana in 1925. It also had the longest track of any tornado. It was on the ground for 219 miles.

From Quiz Extreme Weather

Answer: 888 millibars

The highest barometric pressure ever recorded was 1083.6 millibars set in Agata, USSR on December 31, 1968.

From Quiz There Must Be A Change In The Weather

Answer: Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica

Based on average annual windspeed, Guinness World Records has recorded the average annual wind speed at 50mph. The highest recorded was over 150mph. Wellington, New Zealand, is the world's windiest city, with 29mph as the average wind speed. Chicago may have been the "windy city" for Doris Day, but it averages only 10mph.

From Quiz Extreme Conditions

Answer: urban areas

Because a high percentage of its surface area is composed of durable streets, roofs, and parking lots, urban area runoff occurs very rapidly. With nothing to stop its progress, the runoff can quickly become a flash flood.

From Quiz Tornadoes and Severe Weather

Answer: 158-206 mph

F3 winds cause severe damage with walls being removed from frame houses.

From Quiz Extreme Weather

Answer: 231 miles per hour

This place is the windiest place in the USA based on annual average wind speed.

From Quiz There Must Be A Change In The Weather

Answer: Galveston, Texas

On September 8, 1900, a hurricane made landfall near the city. There had been little warning of its approach and between 8,000 and 10,000 people died. Just over a century later, up to 5,000 people died when Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rica. In December 2019, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that there had been 158 named Atlantic storms in the previous ten years. Hurricane season in the USA is reckoned to be between June 1 and November 30.

From Quiz Extreme Conditions

Answer: storm-surge

Water that is pushed up onto otherwise dry land by onshore winds is called storm-surge. Friction between the water and the moving air creates drag that can build the surge up to depths greater than 20 feet.

From Quiz Tornadoes and Severe Weather

Answer: north

Tornado activity begins in the Southern states during late February and March and moves northward.

From Quiz Extreme Weather

Answer: 286 miles per hour

This tornado occurred in Wichita Falls, Texas.

From Quiz There Must Be A Change In The Weather

Answer: Northern China

According to Guinness Word Records, the estimates for death were between nine and 13 million. A lack of rainfall over three years caused crops to fail. At about the same time, an estimated five million people died due to drought in India.

From Quiz All About Weather Advisories

Answer: Special Weather Statement

Although the storm does not meet the criteria for a Severe Thunderstorm Warning, it is still a dangerous situation. These storms can still produce very heavy rainfall, frequent lightning, wind gusts up to forty or fifty miles per hour, and small hail. It is important to take shelter in a sturdy structure during any thunderstorm.

From Quiz Extreme Conditions

Answer: Galveston, TX

In 1900 there were no satellites or radar to help predict the weather. Warnings were issued by the agency of the time, the U.S. Weather Bureau, advising people to go to higher ground. However, many chose to watch the huge waves instead of heading to safety.

From Quiz Tornadoes and Severe Weather

Answer: mesocyclone

Heavy rain, hail, anvils, and tornadoes occur with all types of thunderstorms. The mesocyclone occurs exclusively with supercell thunderstorms. The mesocyclone is the rotating updraft of the thunderstorm. It dynamically induces low pressure because of its rotation which creates a pressure gradient force directed upward, enhancing the updraft.

From Quiz Extreme Weather

Answer: 1.23 inches

To put this amount into perspective, if that rate was to occur for one hour, you would have over 6 feet of rain!

From Quiz Is It Hot In Here, Or Am I Just Melting?

Answer: Marble Bar, Western Australia

Marble Bar, Western Australia was settled only after gold was found in the area. Without the gold draw, there is no reason to struggle with the oppressive heat, leaving a bustling town to become a hamlet.

From Quiz There Must Be A Change In The Weather

Answer: Furnace Creek, California

Specifically, that temperature of 134.1 degrees Fahrenheit was recorded at Furnace Creek Ranch, California, (close to Death Valley) on July 10, 1903. That figure comes from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). We need to take these figures with a pinch of salt since there are difficulties in the meteorology of recording temperature. In early August 2020, similarly high temperatures were recorded in Death Valley, but had not been validated at the time this quiz was written. While Furnace Creek was claimed to be the highest ever on earth, measurements on September 13, 1922, at El Azizia, Libya, gave a temperature of 58.0°C (136.4°F).

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