How it works
These weather riddles are 21 old riddles about wind, storms, rain, fog, dew and umbrellas. Each answer stays hidden until you tap Show answer, so everyone gets a guess first.
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Wind, rain and word play
Wind and storms has 11 riddles, from the first whistler to the weathercock that is in season all year. Rain, fog and dew has 11 more. Word play marks the 14 whose answer turns on a sound, such as the clouds that hold the rains (reins).
Where they come from
Each riddle is in an old riddle book, free to read at Project Gutenberg and named under the full list. We told it again in plain words, kept the book's answer, and explained old words such as dripping, the fat left from a roast.
Tips
- On a rainy day indoors, set the count to 3 and let each person read one riddle to the others.
Questions and answers
What is a good weather riddle for kids?
"When does the rain seem to love reading? When it is pouring over a book stall." It needs only one double meaning, pouring. The Wind and storms chip has more that young readers get quickly, such as the wind that cuts like a woodchopper.
Are snow and ice riddles here?
No. Snow, ice, frost and skates are on the winter riddles page, and the rainbow, lightning and the wind that casts no shadow are on the main riddle page. No riddle appears on two pages.
What does the weathercock riddle mean?
A weathercock sits on a spire, and its pointer is called a vane. "It is vane to a-spire" sounds like "it is vain to aspire", an old saying that it is foolish to want too much. The brackets in each answer give the hidden word.