Cumulus Cloud

📍 Fair-weather days

📊 ~1,000 m up

Cirrus Cloud

📍 High, clear skies

📊 6,000–12,000 m

Cumulonimbus

📍 Before thunderstorms

📊 Up to 12 km tall

Rainbow

📍 Sun + rain together

📊 7 colours

Fog

📍 Cool, calm mornings

📊 Visibility <1 km

Aurora

📍 Polar night skies

📊 ~100 km up

Thunderstorm

📍 Warm, humid afternoons

📊 ~1,800 active now

Lightning

📍 Inside storm clouds

📊 ~30,000 °C

Hurricane

📍 Warm tropical oceans

📊 Up to 1,600 km wide

Tornado

📍 Severe thunderstorms

📊 Winds up to 480 km/h

Hailstorm

📍 Strong updraft storms

📊 Up to 20 cm balls

Rain

📍 Everywhere on Earth

📊 ~8 m/s falling

Snow

📍 Cold air & clouds

📊 6 sides each

Sleet

📍 Near-freezing weather

📊 0 °C zone

Dew

📍 Clear, cool nights

📊 Forms overnight

Frost

📍 Freezing clear nights

📊 Below 0 °C

Drought

📍 Long dry periods

📊 Months to years

Flood

📍 Heavy or long rain

📊 #1 weather risk

Heatwave

📍 Stuck high pressure

📊 Record 56.7 °C

Blizzard

📍 Polar & winter storms

📊 Winds 56+ km/h

Dust Storm

📍 Dry, windy deserts

📊 Walls 1.5 km high

Tropical

📍 Near the Equator

📊 Hot all year

Desert (Arid)

📍 Around 30° latitude

📊 <25 cm rain/yr

Temperate

📍 Mid-latitudes

📊 4 seasons

Polar

📍 Far north & south

📊 Down to −89 °C

Mediterranean

📍 Coastal mid-latitudes

📊 Mild & dry summers

Mountain (Alpine)

📍 High elevations

📊 Colder uphill