Description

Welcome to Weather For Kids . This application designed especially for kids to allow them to learn more about the fascinating world of weather. It’s also a wonderful educational application for teachers and parents to give them the right tools to explain the different types of weather to children.
Hurricanes
What is a hurricane?
A hurricane is a huge storm! It can be up to 600 miles across and have strong winds spiraling inward and upward at speeds of 75 to 200 mph.......

Tornadoes & Destruction video
What is a tornado?
A tornado is a violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground........

Winter Storms
How do winter storms form?
Winter storms derive their energy from the clash of two air masses of different temperatures and moisture levels.........

Clouds

What are clouds?
A cloud is a large collection of very tiny droplets of water or ice crystals. The droplets are so small and light that they can float in the air. ........

Rain & Floods

How does rain form?
Water droplets form from warm air. As the warm air rises in the sky it cools. Water vapor (invisible water in the air) always exists in our air.......

Thunderstorms

What is a thunderstorm?
A thunderstorm is a storm with lightning and thunder. Its produced by a cumulonimbus cloud, usually producing gusty winds, heavy rain and sometimes hail........

Lightning

What is lightning?
Lightning is a bright flash of electricity produced by a thunderstorm. All thunderstorms produce lightning and are very dangerous........

Wind

What is wind?
Wind is air in motion. It is produced by the uneven heating of the earth’s surface by the sun.....................

Temperature

What is temperature?
Temperature is a degree of hotness or coldness the can be measured using a thermometer. .....................

Wildfires

What is a wildfire?
A wildfire also known as a wildland fire, forest fire, vegetation fire, grass fire, peat fire, bushfire.....................

Earthquakes & Video

What is an earthquake?
Earthquakes are the shaking, rolling or sudden shock of the earth’s surface. .......................

Volcanoes

What is a volcano?
A volcano is a mountain that opens downward to a pool of molten rock below the surface of the earth.................

Climate

What is climate?
Climate is the average weather usually taken over a 30-year time period for a particular region and time period.....................

Optical Illusions

Why is the sky blue?
The sun shines white and black light to our planet. The white light has all the colors in it...........................

Weather Forecasting

How do meteorologists forecast the weather?
Weather forecasting is a prediction of what the weather will be like in an hour, tomorrow, or next week.........................

Weather Experiments

Weather Safety

Weather Jokes

Weather Folklore

Weather Words

Weather Instruments

Kids Questions