Rime Ice on Fences, Towers and Trees: How Wind-Blown Ice Grows
When freezing fog blows through a wire fence, every strand can grow a white crust of ice that points straight into the wind. The result loo...
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Wyoming Supercell Time-Lapse: Basehunters' May 2014 Storm Explained
On Sunday, May 18, 2014, the Basehunters storm-chasing team from Norman, Oklahoma, filmed a supercell thunderstorm taking shape over the pl...
Coldest Temperature on Earth: Vostok’s −89.2°C and −98°C Antarctic Hollows
The coldest temperature ever measured by a weather station on Earth is −89.2°C (−128.6°F), recorded at Russia's Vostok Station in Antar...
Wet T-Shirt Freezes in a Minute at −20°F: Dubuque, Iowa, and Wind Chill
Take a T-shirt out of a bucket of water, carry it outside at −20°F and wait. Envision Sports Designs of Dubuque, Iowa, filmed exactly that,...