Weird Weather Phenomena

Barometer World & Museum

Rare and strange weather predictors, from mercury barometers to leech prognosticators

Barometer World is the world's foremost seller and repairer of antique and modern mechanisms for determining atmospheric air pressure. A showroom-cum-museum attached to the store features... »

Weird Weather Phenomena, Unique Collections, Instruments of Science | Edited by Josh and mrobscurity

The Tuktoyaktuk Pingos

Pingos natural earth mounds in the north

A pingo, also called a hydrolaccolith, is a mound of earth-covered ice found in the Arctic and subarctic that can reach up to 70 metres (230 ft) in height and up to 600 m (2,000 ft) in diameter.... »

Weird Weather Phenomena, Martian Landscapes, Geological Oddities | Edited by banff

The Tuben or "Elk Showers"

Tiny Swedish village with a distinct local phenomenon known as an "Elk shower"

In the small village of Gravendal in Dalarna, Sweden there is an old wooden water tube, leading water to the local electric power station. Because of it´s age, this tube is full of holes so water... »

Weird Weather Phenomena, Watery Wonders | Edited by

Man & Woman Lakes

Spirits from these lakes are said to produce the local weather and odd phenomena as they bicker between themselves

Just a few kilometers outside the town of Bangem, above the smaller town of Mbat is the peak Mount Manengouba, a dormant volcano with an expansive caldera at its peak. In the caldera's plain are... »

Weird Weather Phenomena, Watery Wonders, Rites and Rituals | Edited by littlebrumble

Relampago del Catatumbo

This everlasting lightning storm is the world's largest generator of ozone

There's something strange in the air where the Catatumbo River flows into Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela... For 140 to 160 nights out of the year, for 10 hours at a time, the sky above the river is... »

Weird Weather Phenomena | Edited by wythe and mrobscurity

Paulding Light

A mysterious light in the wood, rumoured to be the the ghost of a railroad brakeman.

At one time, Ripley's Believe It Or Not offered in excess of $100,000 to the person or persons who could solve a bizarre light phenomenon in Paulding, Michigan. Nearly every clear evening,... »

Weird Weather Phenomena, Optical Oddities, Will-O-Wisps and Spooklights | Edited by Andrew FY, Dylan and others

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