Sevenoaks - Interesting facts about the Weather

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The biggest clouds are cumulonimbus, climbing up to 9.7 kilometers (6 miles) high and holding up to half a million tons of water

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The total amount of precipitation to fall to earth in one year is 5,000 million million tonnes

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On 14th April, 1986 Bangladesh was hit by the biggest hail stones ever recorded - weighing in at over 1kg each - killing 92 people

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Nearly 2,000 thunderstorm cells are estimated over the planet at any given time

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The lowest ever recorded world temperature was at Vostok Station, Antarctica on the 21 July 1983 at a bitter -89.6°C

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Al\'Aziziyah in Libya has the highest recorded temperature on earth at a sweltering 58°C on the 13th Sept, 1922

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Lightning is 5 times hotter then the surface of the sun.

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The speed of a typical raindrop is 17 miles per hour

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Oak trees are struck by lightning more than any other tree

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In ten minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world\'s nuclear weapons combined!

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