• Key Information

  • Thunderstorms

  • Type
    Electrical Storm or Lightning Storm
  • Area
    Primarily tropical and also temperate regions.
  • Season
    Temperate regions: Most common in spring and summer. Tropical regions: Common in wet season.
  • Effect
    Depends on the storm, may involve rain, hail, and/or high winds. May cause flooding or fires.
  • Learning Point
  • The Thunderstorm is one of the most impressive forms of weather we see on Earth, as well as other parts of our Solar System, which can cause damage in some conditions, but is also essential to the ecosystems on our planet.
  • Project
  • Draw your home in a thunderstorm.
  • Location
  • Located in
    Worldwide
  • Fun Facts
  • There are four main types of thunderstorms: single-cell, multi-cell, squall line (also called multi-cell line) and supercell.
  • Single-cell thunderstorms normally last 20 to 30 minutes.
  • Thunderstorms result from the rapid upward movement of warm, moist air.
  • Without thunderstorms and lightning, the earth-atmosphere electrical balance would disappear in five minutes!