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Did you know... When it is winter in
the United States, it is summer in Australia, South Africa, and the
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Do you want to know how far a storm is
from you? Count the number of seconds between seeing the lightning
and hearing the sound of thunder. Divide the number of seconds by 5.
This will tell you how far away the storm is in miles. For example,
if you count 5 seconds, that means that the storm is 1 mile away. If
you count 10 seconds, that means that the storm is 2 miles away.
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Did you know…The
coldest recorded temperature was -128.6 degrees Fahrenheit on July 21,
1983 in Vostok, Antarctica. |
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Did you know…The
highest world temperature was 136.4 degrees Fahrenheit on September 13th
1922 in Al Aziziyah, Libya. |
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Did you know… More
tornadoes occur in the
United States
than in any other country in the world. |
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Have you ever wondered where the word
meteorology came from? The word meteorology goes back to the book
“Meteorologica” written by Aristotle around 340 BC. |
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Did you know… In the United States,
the National Weather Service is the main source of weather forecasts,
data and warnings. Meteorologists make forecasts from the information
provided by the National Weather Service. |
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Do you know who invented the
anemometer? An English scientist named Robert Hooke invented the
anemometer in 1667. An anemometer measures the wind speed.
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Did you know… The world’s first
weather satellite called TIROS-1 was launched on April 1st,
1960 from Cape Canaveral,
Florida. “TIROS” stands for Television Infrared Observation Satellite.
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Have you ever wondered where the word
Doppler came from? The Doppler Effect is named after Christian
Doppler, an Austrian physicist, who first described it. |
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