A wide range of random Thunder facts - All Facts about The Weather

Read on to find a wide range of random facts, trivia and other amazing information about thunder.

Thunder is the sound caused by lightning.
The intense heat from lightning causes the surrounding air to rapidly expand and create a sonic wave that you hear as thunder.
The average temperature of lightning is around 20000 °C (36000 °F).
The sound of thunder can be anything from a loud crack to a low rumble.
Light travels faster than sound so we see lightning before we hear thunder.
The closer you are, the shorter the gap between the lightning and thunder.
The speed of sound is around 767 miles per hour (1,230 kilometres per hour).
The speed of light is around 669600000 miles per hour (1080000000 kilometres per hour).
Thunder is difficult to hear at distances over 12 miles (20 kilometres).
Thousands of years ago philosophers such as Aristotle believed that thunder was caused by the collision of clouds. On our site, you can also check out other awesome information or amazing science facts.
Astraphobia is the fear of thunder and lightning.
The Oklahoma basketball team that play in the National Basketball Association (NBA)are called the Thunder.
Thunder was supposedly created by the rolling wheels of his chariot, which was drawn by two goats called Toothgnasher and Toothgrinder.
“They say all marriages are made in heaven, but so are thunder and lightning," (Clint Eastwood).
At any moment around 18,000 thunderstorms are taking place somewhere on Earth.
The most thundery place on Earth is said to be Tororo, Uganda, where it thunders 251 days a year.
When the US palaeontologist Othniel C Marsh discovered a dinosaur in 1879, he called it ‘brontosaurus’, meaning ‘thunder lizard’…

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