Weather Whiz: May 24
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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
May 24, 2026Updated: May 24, 2026, 7:00 am EDTPublished: May 23, 2026, 2:11 pm EDT
Monsoonal weather brings rain to the desert near Point Imperial on August 21, 2024 at the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. A shift in wind direction from westerly to southerly typically triggers the American Southwest monsoon by mid-June and runs through September, bringing storms of often-spectacular cloudbursts that produce widespread flash floods and dangerous lightning.

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. An asteroid passed by Earth this week and it was about the size of a ____.
  2. What was the magnitude of the earthquake that struck southern China's Guangxi region on Monday?
  3. ____ is a resilient crop, but growing conditions have pushed this year's crop to the brink of collapse.
  4. The Southwestern ____ ramps up over the summer, providing much-needed rain for the region.
  5. America's bees woke up how many days early this spring? (And it's a warning sign that climate change is rewriting nature's most basic rhythms.)

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ANSWERS

  1. Whale
  2. 5.0
  3. Wheat
  4. Monsoon
  5. 17

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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