Weather Riddles With Answers
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Quick answer: This page offers 42 weather riddles with answers for children, teachers and anyone who loves watching the sky. The easy riddles describe clouds, rain and rainbows, the middle sets cover storms and weather tools, and the hard set has number puzzles and a few classic twists. Snow, ice and winter have a separate page, so these riddles stay with rain, wind and storms.
Easy Weather Riddles
I am fluffy and white, I float high above you, and I have no feet to walk. What am I?
A cloud
I fall from the sky in drops, plants love me, and I make the ground wet. What am I?
Rain
You open me when it pours, and you hold me over your head. What am I?
An umbrella
I am a curved band of colours that appears when the sun shines through the rain. What am I?
A rainbow
I make a loud rumbling boom, and you hear me after the flash. What am I?
Thunder
I am a bright zigzag flash in a stormy sky, and I am hotter than you could imagine. What am I?
Lightning
You cannot see me, but you can see what I move: trees swaying, hats flying and washing flapping. What am I?
The wind
I am a small pool on the road after the rain, and children love to splash in me. What am I?
A puddle
I am a rubber boot that keeps your feet dry in the mud. What am I?
A wellington boot
I am a cloud that has come down to touch the ground, and I make it hard to see ahead. What am I?
Fog
I am a gentle wind that moves the leaves and cools your face on a warm day. What am I?
A breeze
I bring dark clouds, strong wind, heavy rain and thunder all at once. What am I?
A storm
Trickier Weather Riddles
I am a whirling funnel of wind that reaches down from a storm cloud and whips up everything on the ground. What am I?
A tornado
I am a giant spinning storm that forms over warm seas and is given a name. What am I?
A hurricane
I am small balls of ice that rattle down from storm clouds. What am I?
Hail
I am a long time without rain, when the fields crack and the rivers shrink. What am I?
A drought
I am a report that tells you what tomorrow's weather will be. What am I?
A forecast
I am a metal rooster on a roof, and I turn to point to where the wind comes from. What am I?
A weather vane
I am an instrument that measures the pressure of the air, and when I fall, a storm may be coming. What am I?
A barometer
I appear on the grass in the early morning as tiny drops, though it did not rain. What am I?
Dew
I am very light rain, so fine that it is barely there. What am I?
Drizzle
I am several hot days in a row when everyone wants shade and cold drinks. What am I?
A heat wave
I am water covering the land where it is normally dry, after a river bursts its banks. What am I?
A flood
I am a thin, wispy cloud very high in the sky, and I look like a brushed feather. What am I?
A cirrus cloud
Hard Weather Riddles
You see a flash of lightning, and the thunder arrives 6 seconds later. Sound travels about 340 metres each second. About how far away is the lightning?
About 2 kilometres, because 6 x 340 = 2,040 metres
A rain gauge shows 10 millimetres of rain fell on a roof of 1 square metre. How many litres of water landed on the roof?
10 litres, because 1 millimetre of rain over 1 square metre is 1 litre
I am about five times hotter than the surface of the sun, but I last only a split second. What am I?
A bolt of lightning
I run along the edge of a roof and catch the rain, then pass it down a pipe to the drain. What am I?
A gutter
I am the calm, clear centre of a hurricane, though the winds around me are fierce. What am I?
The eye
The forecast says 25 degrees Celsius. What is that in Fahrenheit?
77, because 25 x 1.8 = 45 and 45 + 32 = 77
It is raining at midnight. Can you expect sunshine 72 hours later?
No, because 72 hours later it is midnight again
A storm is 60 kilometres away and moving towards you at 20 kilometres an hour. How many hours until it arrives?
3 hours, because 60 / 20 = 3
I study the sky and the air, and I tell you if you need a coat tomorrow. Who am I?
A meteorologist
A man walks in the pouring rain with no hat or umbrella, but not a hair on his head gets wet. Why?
He is bald
Quick-Fire Weather Riddles
A thin cloud of tiny water drops over a field. What am I?
Mist
A sudden, strong blast of wind. What am I?
A gust
Rain mixed with melting snow. What am I?
Sleet
A short burst of rain that stops quickly. What am I?
A shower
A very strong wind that bends the trees. What am I?
A gale
Fog mixed with smoke over a city. What am I?
Smog
A striped orange sock on a pole at an airport. What am I?
A windsock
One tiny drop of water falling from a cloud. What am I?
A raindrop
How to Use These Weather Riddles
Weather riddles are a good fit for the morning weather chart or a rainy afternoon. Read one and ask children to look out of the window, then check whether the answer matches the sky. The easy set suits ages four and up.
Older pupils can use the hard riddles with a notebook. Ask them to show their working on the speed and conversion puzzles, then keep their own record of the weather for a week.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a good weather riddle for kids?
Try 'I am a curved band of colours that appears when the sun shines through the rain.' The answer is a rainbow. Riddles about clouds, rain and umbrellas are easy for young children.
How can you tell how far away lightning is?
Count the seconds between the flash and the thunder, then divide by three to get the distance in kilometres. Sound travels about one kilometre every three seconds, while the light reaches you almost instantly.
What is the calm centre of a hurricane called?
It is called the eye. Inside it the winds are light and the sky can be clear, but around the eye is a wall of the fiercest winds and heaviest rain in the storm.
Why is there no snow on this page?
Snow, frost and ice are covered on our winter riddles page, so this page focuses on rain, wind, clouds and storms. That keeps every riddle on each page different from the others.
