Weird Weather Incidents in History
Unusual and bizarre weather occurrences in the worlds.
Balls of Lightning
Lightning usually strike in the form of a long bolt from the clouds to the ground or over clouds. Sometimes, lightning can take the form of fiery balls that float to the ground and even enter buildings. These balls often make sizzling noises and give off glowing colors. Scientists think they are made up of heated or electrically charged gases. One controversial incident is a photo purportedly depicting natural ball lightning, taken in 1987 by a student in Nagano, Japan.
Biggest Snowflake
The biggest snowflake ever found measured 15 inches across and 8 inches thick. It fell on January 28, 1887, at Fort Keough, Montana.
Pink Snow
From Arctic explorers off Greenland in the 1800s to hikers in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains in 2004, many people have come across snow that looks red or pink. Long streaks of this snow, sometimes covering entire mountainsides have been reported and photographed. It’s caused by microscopic reddish-colored algae that live only in cold climates.
Raining Frogs
Yes, it can happen. On many occasions, it has been reported that frogs, fish, and other small marine animals have rained down during a storm. This is likely caused by a waterspout or tornado that picks up animals from one spot and drops them down in another. The photo shows rain of fishes in Singapore, as described by local inhabitants.
Red Rain
Since ancient times, people have observed storms that brought mysterious red rain. One such storm occurred in southern England in 1968. It left behind a gritty red substance. Upon further study, scientist agreed the red color of the rain was from dust carried all the way from the Sahara desert in Africa. Also, from 25 July to 23 September 2001, red rain sporadically fell on the southern Indian state of Kerala.
The Summer That Never Showed
Weather can be affected by other events on Earth. Sometimes, if there is a large volcanic eruption, particles of ash and gases may block the sun in parts of the world, causing colder winters and cooler summers, even in places thousands of miles away. This happened in 1815, when the Tambora volcano erupted in Indonesia, bringing snow and frosts to parts of New England in June, July, and August of 1816.
Frozen Stones
The biggest hailstone recorded weighed 2 1/4 pounds.
In January 2000, Spain came under attack from an unknown assailant. Giant chunks of ice dropped from cloudless skies and crushed car hoods, punched through rooftops and windshields, and slammed into the shoulder of an elderly woman. In a 10-day period, 15 basketball-sized ice balls weighing up to 8 pounds pelted southern Spain.
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42 Responses to “Weird Weather Incidents in History”
On November 19, 2008 at 9:04 am
Woo. You dig history and come up with good stuff!
On November 19, 2008 at 9:13 am
Interesting stuff.
On November 19, 2008 at 9:29 am
Fun and interesting write.
On November 19, 2008 at 10:41 am
Great info. The rain of frogs reminded me of the 10 plagues.
On November 19, 2008 at 11:04 am
I am catching up on my reading so please forgive me. Wonderful piece my friend . The red rain is fascinating.
On November 19, 2008 at 11:08 am
Interesting article, the snowflake must have looked great!
On November 19, 2008 at 11:29 am
A very interesting and informative article. I really liked it. Thanks.
On November 19, 2008 at 11:43 am
I love the snowflakes, they look magical.
On November 19, 2008 at 2:17 pm
I think the frozen stones are caused by ice on airplanes, which melts off and falls down as soon as the airplanes reach temperatures above zero.
On November 19, 2008 at 2:34 pm
I wish, I would really see a pink snow! Interesting article.
On November 19, 2008 at 2:48 pm
the record is 2.25 pounds, but 8 pound stones hit in spain?
On November 19, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Interesting incidents.
On November 19, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Stunning article,weird facts make us wonder and is easy read forward..Congratulations.
On November 19, 2008 at 4:06 pm
good , interesting and well displayed.
On November 19, 2008 at 7:04 pm
You did it again, Nobert. Very interesting piece, thanks.
On November 19, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Interesting article. The red rain sounded errie, though.
On November 19, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Very interesting. I have never seen red rain, pink snow or king size snow flakes but I have seen fireballs and when I was a young girl it rained tiny toads.
Great article.
On November 19, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Beautiful piece. When I was young we had some tornadoes that hit our town and it did some very strange things, like a straw that was forced through a telephone pole. My father’s business was picked up off it’s foundation and placed in the middle of the road, still standing.
Take care & God bless.
On November 19, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Informative & beautiful compilation
On November 19, 2008 at 9:09 pm
That pink snow is really bizarre
On November 19, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Interesting article. I didn’t know some of those things happened. The raining frogs is the most bizarre thing, to me.
On November 19, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Very interesting. I had never heard of or seen pink snow. You write the best articles. Nobert, you rule.
On November 19, 2008 at 10:40 pm
You did it again, Nobert. Very interesting piece, AWESOME job!
On November 19, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Impressive and so captivating work bro, congrats. I want to be rained down by fishes,and grill them for a round of 1 “bottles” of beer. Lol.
On November 20, 2008 at 12:40 am
awesome…nice incidents…
On November 20, 2008 at 12:50 am
very fascinating facts
On November 20, 2008 at 3:23 am
My favorite definitely is the Frog Rain!
On November 20, 2008 at 3:40 am
Great Article
On November 20, 2008 at 6:18 am
Weird nature occurences. Interesting article.
On November 20, 2008 at 7:10 am
good article
On November 20, 2008 at 8:02 am
Nobert, you are truly incredible with your pics, congrats on this one, I love it!
On November 20, 2008 at 8:42 am
Weird weather occurrence, indeed! Excellent article, bro.
On November 20, 2008 at 9:09 am
Woah..didn’t that such things happen. Really nice article
On November 20, 2008 at 12:48 pm
nice article. The most amazing was the pink snow!
On November 20, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Nobert, I’ve been gone a while but I am back and happy to see you are continuing to publish your great, interesting articles that rightfully put you on the Hot Content list!
On November 21, 2008 at 4:03 am
Pink snow? wow!
On November 21, 2008 at 4:06 am
i wish there will be “fish rain” again… great article!
On November 21, 2008 at 4:12 am
Raining animals has always intrigued me Norbert. Well done
On November 21, 2008 at 7:56 am
overall the whole article is really great…………but the pink snow is the most exciting one.
On November 21, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Very cool, Iove the unusual. Good article.
On January 24, 2009 at 4:49 pm
WOW!!!!!!! I want to see PINK SNOW!!! OR the BIGGEST SNOWFLAKE!
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-Liane Schmidt.
On May 18, 2009 at 11:11 am
hahahah cooooooooool stuff dude.
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