The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is THE source for weather info!
Together with the National Weather Service, NOAA issues severe weather warnings. Their website has cool satellite pictures of weather around the world, information on weather in space, and pages to learn about any and all weather phenomenon! Here is their page of links to all kind of weather sources. Find answers to all your weather questions, learn about careers in weather, and follow links to other interesting weather sites. Check out NOAA’s Severe Weather 101 page to learn more about tornadoes, thunderstorms, floods and hailstorms.
NOAA has an awesome kids’ weather page called Scijinks. You’ll find videos, interactives, and games about all kinds of weather topics.
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Scholastic Study Jams are a fun, entertaining way to learn more about weather. Take a look at the study jams for Weather and Climate, Clouds and Precipitation, Air Masses and Fronts, Weather Instruments, Air Pressure and Wind, and Severe Storms.
At Weather For Kids, you’ll find fun weather facts, experiments, science projects and quizzes.
Learn about rain, snow, wind, clouds, and weather forecasting at this interactive weather page from DK Find Out!
Weather Wiz Kids is a great site for kids who like weather! You’ll find information on all kinds of weather topics, great photos, weather experiments to try, and even fun weather jokes to tell your friends.
The Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History has some cool pages for kids on hurricanes and tornadoes. They also have directions for making your own weather station.
In this 8-part collection from PBS Kids’ Sid the Science Kid, Sid and his friends learn about temperature, thermometers and winter weather.
Create a snowstorm or forecast a hurricane with these interactives from the Center for Science Education.
NASA has weather activities for you at its Climate Kids page. Learn about cloud formation, record your observations, and make a cloud in a bottle.
Web Weather for Kids, from the National Center for Atmospheric Research, has lots of weather questions and answers and activities for you to explore. Take a look at Stuff in the Sky and Dangerous Weather.
Explore the atmosphere with these interactive weather activities from the University of Wisconsin. Create a tornado, a thunderstorm, or snow crystals!
Whenever natural disasters strike, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is there to help. FEMA has a site just for you called Ready Kids, complete with games, facts, and projects.
Why do some people chase storms? Why do different states have different weather? Where are the coldest and hottest places on Earth? Wonderopolis answers all kinds of weather question from kids.
Weather Facts for Kids is full of unusual and interesting facts about 15 different weather topics. These Freaky Facts About the Weather from National Geographic Kids may surprise you!
At Windows to the Universe, check out the links and learn everything you want to know about weather.
Tree House Weather Kids is a fun site just for kids where you’ll explore temperature, wind, clouds, moisture, and extreme weather.