Extreme Weather

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. On September 13, 1922, Al Aziziyah, Libya cooked under the blistering sun producing a current world record for the highest temperature. According to their thermometer, how hot did it get that day? 136 degrees 141 degrees 134 degrees 129 degrees

2. On January 23, 1971 Prospect Creek, Alaska got a little cold, to say the least. This is currently considered to be the lowest temperature ever recorded in the USA. How cold did it get that day? -79.8 degrees -90.4 degrees -128.6 degrees -85.1 degrees

3. Hurricane Gilbert in 1988 produced an incredibly low barometric pressure thought to be the lowest ever recorded. How low was it? 929 millibars 789 millibars 888 millibars 940 millibars

4. It was a blustery day in Mount Washington, New Hampshire on April 12, 1934. How fast did the surface wind speed top out at that day, the fastest ever recorded? 132 miles per hour 188 miles per hour 202 miles per hour 231 miles per hour

5. On April 2, 1958 an F5 tornado produced some rather fast winds. Thought to be the fastest ever recorded, how fast did the winds get? 339 miles per hour 303 miles per hour 286 miles per hour 235 miles per hour

6. On July 4, 1956 Unionville, Maryland got slammed with how much rainfall in a one minute period? 0.78 inches 0.67 inches 0.97 inches 1.23 inches

7. Silver Lake, Colorado got an incredible amount of snow dumped on it in a 24 hour period in April of 1921. How much snow fell on this city? 66.1 inches 121.4 inches 75.8 inches 32.7 inches

8. An incredibly large hailstone fell on Coffeyville, Kansas during a September 1979 storm. How large was this hailstone? 5.7 inches in diameter 17.5 inches in diameter 12.3 inches in diameter 15.3 inches in diameter

9. One of the longest distances ever traveled by a tornado was recorded in 1917. How long did this tornado travel? 79 miles 122 miles 293 miles 183 miles

10. What extreme weather phenomenon occured in Glasgow, Montana on September 9, 1994? A late summer storm dropped 12 inches of rain in a 42 minute period The first ever F6 tornado (wind speeds between 319 and 379 miles per hour) was recorded The temperature rose 26 degrees in fifteen minutes The lowest temperature ever recorded in the 48 contiguous states (i.e. excluding Hawaii and Alaska) of -69.7 degrees was recorded here due to a freak Artic blast