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Dirt mixed with wind can make dust storms called black blizzards.

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The coldest temperature ever officially recorded was -50 degrees Celsius. Brrrr!

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Mild autumn weather often means bigger spiders in our homes.

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About 2,000 thunderstorms rain down on Earth every minute.

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A 2003 heatwave turned grapes to raisins before they were picked from the vine!

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In July 2001 the rainfall in Kerala, India, was blood red!

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Hail storms can make snowflakes feel like pellets hitting your face.

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Worms wriggle up from underground when hail is coming.

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Wildfires sometimes create tornadoes made of fire called fire whirls.

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In 1972, a blizzard dumped 8m of snowfall on Iran, burying 20 villages.

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