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Weather Whiz: November 8

How well have you been paying attention to the weather this week? Here are five questions that will test your knowledge.

Ada Wood
ByAda Wood•
4 days agoUpdated: November 8, 2026, 7:11 am ESTPublished: November 8, 2026, 7:00 am EST
This photo taken with a drone shows the high level of the San Juan River following heavy flooding in Pagosa Springs, Colo., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, following heavy flooding.

This photo taken with a drone shows the high level of the San Juan River following heavy flooding in Pagosa Springs, Colo., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, following heavy flooding.

(AP Photo/Brittany Peterson)

How well have you been paying attention to the weather this week? Here are five questions that will test your knowledge of what's been going on.

QUESTIONS

  1. More than 20 trillion gallons of rain — equivalent to roughly ______ month's worth of water flowing over Niagara Falls — fell on the Four Corners states and Nevada over a recent two-week stretch.
  2. Overnight flash flooding hit Copperhill, Tennessee, on Nov. 4-5, setting the all-time record. How long have those records been kept?
  3. The Northern Taurid meteor shower peaks on ______ this year.
  4. El Niño has limited the Atlantic hurricane season to how many hurricanes? (It's the fewest on record since 1925).
  5. What was the first U.S. ski resort certified for its night sky?

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ANSWERS

  1. 10
  2. 80 years
  3. Nov. 11
  4. Only one
  5. Sun Valley

How did you do this week? Come back for more exciting weather questions next week, or risk showing up to trivia night unprepared!

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