Question 1 of 15
Where was the highest-ever air temperature (officially) recorded?
Why: 134°F (56.7°C) at Furnace Creek, Death Valley on July 10, 1913.
Question 2 of 15
What was the largest hailstone measured in the US?
Why: 8-inch stone in Vivian, South Dakota, 2010.
Question 3 of 15
Where is the wettest place on Earth?
Why: Mawsynram averages about 467 inches of rain per year.
Question 4 of 15
Where is Earth's driest place?
Why: The Atacama has areas that have gone decades between measurable rain.
Question 5 of 15
What was the coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth?
Why: -128.6°F (-89.2°C) at Vostok Station, Antarctica, in 1983.
Question 6 of 15
What state has the most tornadoes on average?
Why: Texas is #1 in raw count; Oklahoma leads per square mile.
Question 7 of 15
Where does the world's most concentrated lightning occur?
Why: Lake Maracaibo has ~28 lightning flashes per square kilometer per year.
Question 8 of 15
What was the highest wind gust ever measured on Earth's surface?
Why: 253 mph in Cyclone Olivia at Barrow Island, Australia, 1996.
Question 9 of 15
Where is the world's snowiest large city?
Why: Aomori averages 26 feet of snow per winter.
Question 10 of 15
What's the sunniest US city?
Why: Yuma averages over 4,000 hours of sunshine per year.
Question 11 of 15
What's the fastest recorded temperature drop?
Why: Spearfish, South Dakota, 1943 — a Chinook event.
Question 12 of 15
What was the highest measured atmospheric pressure at sea level?
Why: 1,084 hPa at Agata, Siberia, in December 1968.
Question 13 of 15
What was the peak wind gust at Mount Washington, NH?
Why: April 12, 1934 — held the record for decades.
Question 14 of 15
What place recorded the most consecutive days above 100°F?
Why: 160 consecutive days in 1923–24.
Question 15 of 15
What's the biggest single-storm snowfall?
Why: 189 in at Mount Shasta Ski Bowl, California, in February 1959.