We’re continuing our series of weather riddles for kids today with five where the answer is thunder.

The first four of these are rhyming riddles, while the fifth asks your children What Am I?

To use that last one, read the first line to your kids and ask them to take a guess at the answer. As the clue is that it’s something that can’t be seen but which isn’t a ghost, they might guess that it’s the wind or the invisible man.

If they don’t get the right answer, read them the second clue and ask them to take another guess. Keep doing this until they either work out that thunder is the answer or they run out of clues.

Thunder Riddles For Kids

This appears in a bad storm
But it’s not a big rain cloud
It’s what follows a lightning bolt
And can be extremely loud

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I happen after a flash
But I’m not a photograph
You hear me in a bad storm
I am lightning’s other half

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You can hear me rumble
After a flash of lightning
I am named after Thor
Who’s the Norse god of this thing

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When it’s really stormy outside
This is something you hear
It happens straight after lightning
When it is very near

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What Am I?

I can’t be seen but I’m not a ghost
I can crack but I don’t break
I can clap but I don’t have any hands
I happen after a flash but I’m not a photo
I’m loud but I’m not music
I happen during a storm but I’m not lightning

Our series of weather riddles continues today with four that all have the answer ‘cloud’.

The first three of them are rhyming riddles for kids, while the fourth asks the question What Am I?

To use that fourth riddle, read your children the clue on the first line and have them guess the answer.

As the clue is that it’s something fluffy which isn’t a bunny, they might guess that it’s a cotton ball, a marshmallow, a stuffed toy or one of many other fluffy things.

If they don’t guess that the answer is a cloud, read them the second clue and have them take another guess. Keep going until they either guess that cloud is the answer or they run out of clues.

Cloud Riddles For Kids

You see one when a nuclear bomb is dropped
Or after the eruption of a volcano
But it’s the weather that creates most of them
Which sometimes then drop some rain, hail, sleet or snow

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What are all of these things being described:
Cumulus look soft and fluffy in form
Stratus has layers and cirrus is thin
Cumulonimbus is seen in a storm

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This is something you see in the sky
You’ll need more hints though so I’ll explain
It’s sometimes fluffy and sometimes gray
And can release snow, hail or rain

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What Am I?

I’m sometimes fluffy but I’m not a bunny
I can be a mushroom but I’m not eaten
I can drop water on you but I’m not a shower
I’m in the sky but I’m not a bird
I can cover the sun but I’m not the moon

We’re starting a new series of riddles this week, with all of them having something to do with the weather.

This series begins today with six that all have lightning as their answer.

The first five of them are rhyming riddles (with the word lightning completing the fourth and fifth riddles where it’s left blank), while the sixth asks your children What Am I?

To use that final idea, read the clue on the first line to your kids and ask them to take a guess at what they think the answer is. As the clue is that it’s something on a rod but which isn’t a fish, they might guess that it’s some bait, a hook, a cat toy or something else.

If they don’t work out that it’s referring to a lightning rod, read them the second clue and ask them to take another guess. Keep doing this until they either work out that the answer is lightning or they run out of clues.

Lightning Riddles For Kids

If you see this striking Earth
A tree you don’t want to be under
It’s something that lights the sky
And is closely followed by thunder

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When there is a really bad storm
In the sky this might be seen
In Cars, it’s also the first name
Of the character McQueen

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This is something you will see
When there is a thunderstorm
It can sometimes be a ball
And comes in forked or sheet form

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Although it’s seen during bad weather
This might be something that you like
As it can be cool watching the sky
Light up when there’s a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ strike

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When there’s a thunderstorm going on
You will see the sky is brightening
Because of the electrical charge
Which causes a bolt of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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What Am I?

I can sometimes be seen on a rod but I’m not a fish
I can be forked but I’m not a tongue
I’m bright but I’m not the sun
I’m electric but I don’t have any wires
I’m seen during a storm but I’m not a cloud