Climate and Weather

From how many degrees is summer?

Slowly it gets warmer outside, you can see that summer is coming. Of course, there is on the one hand the "summer", as defined by the calendar or the...

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Why does the rain smell better in summer than in winter?

Everyone surely knows the beautiful scent of a warm summer rain. You do not want to take cover from the rain but simply enjoy. However, the rain in...

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What is a tropical night?

It is currently really hot here and in the weather forecast of the news yesterday, they even talked about so-called tropical nights. But what exactly...

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What is a desert day?

The weather report recently talked about a desert day. Is this a well-defined term for meteorology, or did the weatherman just say that because it...

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What causes Clouds?

The origin of any clouds on earth lies in the water on the earth's surface, which can be located, for example, in seas, lakes, rivers or puddles...

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Why do clouds not fall from the sky?

Thank you for answering my question about the weight of clouds. Although I previously could not imagine that clouds can be so weighty, it sounds...

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SkyMan: Yes, there is this temperature limit. Officially, starting from 25 °C (77 °F), it is summer and you can speak of summer...

Question | From how many degrees is summer?

For Nature: Of course, the cold is also a reason for the different sensation. After all, the wet water from above looks like a welcome cooling refreshment in...

Question | Why does the rain smell better in summer than in winter?

SkyMan: In our latitudes, meteorologists are speaking of a tropical night, when the lowest temperature at night is not below 20 degrees Celsius (68 degrees...

Question | What is a tropical night?

SkyMan: A desert day is when the highest temperature of the day is at least 35 degrees Celsius (95  degrees Fahrenheit ) or higher. The term may not be...

Question | What is a desert day?

For Nature: The answer to this question again lies in the tiny water droplets forming a cloud. We can not consider the weight of the entire cloud at this point -...

Question | Why do clouds not fall from the sky?

For Nature: Of course, you cannot answer this question in general, because every cloud has a different size and thus may have a different weight and there is...

Question | How heavy are clouds?