Can you guess the correct answers to these four chilly trivia questions?
- On average, one inch of rain is equivalent to how many inches of snow?
- True or False. It must be 32 degrees F or colder for it to snow.
- Which of the following is not affected by wind chill?
- Person
- Dog
- Car radiator
- Bird
- What’s the difference between sleet, hail and freezing rain?
The answers are below:
Answers:
- 10 inches
- False. It has been known to snow with temperatures in the mid-40s. Temperatures are below 32 degrees F up in the clouds where the snow is forming.
- Wind chill has no effect on cars or other objects. Wind chill is based on the rate of heat loss from exposed skin. As wind increases, heat is carried away from the body at an accelerated rate, driving the body temperature down.
- Hail is a chunk of ice dropped from a thunderstorm. Sleet is frozen rain. Freezing rain is liquid rain that freezes to a surface such as the road, sidewalk and trees.
