How it works
These weather trivia questions and answers run in four rounds: weather and climate, storms in history and on other worlds, tornadoes, and thunderstorms. Record temperatures and safety advice are left out.
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Thunderstorm trivia questions and answers
Thunderstorms follows a storm through its stages, from the cumulus stage to the downburst, and asks the four main types. With Tornadoes it makes two rounds of storm trivia questions and answers; trivia questions about storms on Jupiter and Titan sit in the second round.
Tornado trivia questions
Tornadoes asks the waterspout, the fire whirl, the mesocyclone and the TORRO scale. Tap a choice to check it; the reason shows with the answer. After ten questions the card offers Print question sheet.
Questions and answers
What are some easy trivia questions about weather?
Why are the tropics warm? What is a line of thunderstorms called? What does the National Weather Service call a tornado over water? The answers are that the sun shines more directly on them, a squall line and a waterspout.
Are there trivia questions about climate?
Two climate trivia questions: what separates climate from weather, and what changes in Earth's orbit do to it over thousands of years. The rest of the pack is weather.
What are some trivia questions about tornados from the pack?
On which continent are tornadoes most common? How far does the average tornado in the United States travel? Which is the weakest category? The answers are North America, 5 miles, and F0 or EF0.
How were the answers checked?
Each was read on October 3, 2026 in the English Wikipedia article Weather, Tornado or Thunderstorm, linked under the question. Death tolls and record temperatures are left out, and four questions were cut because other packs ask them.