Weather - Facts for Kids

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Random Facts About Weather For Kids

Glory rainbows are small circular rainbows that appear around your shadow on clouds or fog!

In a double rainbow, the colors in the second rainbow appear in reverse order (backwards) from the first one!

A "bolt from the blue" is lightning that travels up to 10 miles away from its storm!

The time of year affects rainbow frequency (how often they happen) — spring often has more rainbows because of its mix of rain and sun!

Effects & Impact

Rainbows don’t produce any physical effects on the environment (nature around us) — they’re just our eyes seeing light in a special way!