Read on to discover...
* The truth about upside-down rainbows.
* The pioneers of meteorology - their instruments and inventions.
* How to win a balloon race.
* The largest raindrops ever recorded.
* 'Watermelon snow', 'thundersnow' and 'weather bombs'.
* The ten main types of cloud and the different features of lightning.The weather is a subject that the British simply cannot leave alone, and for good reason - it's likely that for more than half the year they will experience at least three seasons in one day, so there's always plenty to talk about.
This charming miscellany, as wide-ranging and unpredictable as the weather itself, is filled with curious historical facts, amazing statistics and fascinating anecdotes that will keep you entertained come rain or shine!
- ISBN13 9781849537186
- Publish Date 9 July 2015
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 5 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Summersdale Publishers
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 208
- Language English