- The highest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica is 59 °F recorded on January 5, 1974.
- The most rainfall ever recorded in 24 hours is 71.9 inches in Foc-Foc, La Réunion, during tropical cyclone Denise on January 8, 1966.
- The most rainfall ever recorded in one year is 1000 inches in Cherrapunji, India.
- The highest snowfall ever recorded in a one year is 1224 inches in Mount Rainier, Washington State, United States, between February 19, 1971 and February 18, 1972.
- The fastest wind speed ever recorded is 301±20 mph in Oklahoma City on May 3, 1999.
- The heaviest hailstone ever recorded weighed 2.25 pounds and landed in Gopalganj District, Bangladesh on April 14, 1986.
- Clouds can be organized into a number of different types, including cumulus, stratus and cirrus.
- The USA has more tornadoes than any other country in the world, averaging around 1200 a year. There is an area in the USA called “Tornado Alley” which is most frequently hit by tornadoes.
- The South Pole is the least sunny place on earth.
- 9 out of 10 lightning bolts strike land rather than oceans.
- The strongest ever recorded wind was on Mt Washington, New Hampshire.
- The world's largest snowflake was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records, at 38 cm wide and 20 cm thick. The snow flake fell at Fort Keogh, Montana, USA.
- Mawsynram, somewhere in India is noted as being the wettest place on earth.
- In contrast, Antofagasta in Chile is the driest place on the planet.
- Yuma in the state of Arizona has over 4,000 hours of sunshine per year, which makes it the sunniest place on the planet!
- On 14th April, 1986 Bangladesh was hit by the biggest hail stones ever recorded each weighing in at over 1 kg and killing 92 people.
- The U.S. has over 100,000 thunderstorms every year.
- The windiest place on earth is Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica where winds of 200 mph have been recorded.