thunderstorm

a storm characterized by the presence of lightning, usually accompanied by strong winds and often produce heavy rain and sometimes snow, sleet, or hail, but some produce little precipitation or no precipitation at all
Class type of: storm, weather, precipitation Q2857578

Facts

11 properties
🏷️ Also known as
en 🌩 en thunderstorm en lightning storm en electrical storm ar عاصفة رعدية cs bouřka da tordenvejr da Tordenbyge de Gewitter el Καταιγίδα es tormenta electrica es tormenta eléctrica fa توفان آذرخش fa توفان الکتریکی fa توفان تندری fi ukkonen fi ukonilma fr orage he סופת רעמים hi तड़ितझंझा
🔖 Identifiers · 61
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85135120
GND ID
4124948-3
OpenAlex ID
C80316258
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Lightning Pritzerbe 01 (MK).jpg ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300054745
Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
perkunija
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/15445
BBC News topic ID
c2w7nx8kzkjt
BBC sound effects asset ID
07070202
BNCF Thesaurus ID
11889
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
119654054
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Britannica Kids kids level article ID
399624
Britannica Kids scholars level article ID
106249
Canadian Encyclopedia article ID
thunderstorm
Cultureel Woordenboek ID
aarde-weer-en-klimaat/onweer
Dewey Decimal Classification
551.554
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
1GdrFP
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
46914
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/thunderstorm
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
orages
Environment Ontology ID
01000878
FactGrid item ID
Alcantara
Freebase ID
/m/0jb2l
Glossary of Meteorology ID
3539
Golden ID (archived)
Thunderstorm-XXPBW
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
tordenvær
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1931698
IMDb keyword
thunderstorm
ISOCAT ID
6581
J9U entity ID
987007536580305171
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
thunderstorms
Klexikon article ID
Gewitter
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
80316258
Museum-digital tag ID
39872
NL CR AUT ID
ph124063
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
4687
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3882235
PSH ID
13449
Quora topic ID
Thunderstorms
RKD thesaurus ID
65412
Reddit topic ID (obsolete)
thunderstorm
Süddeutsche Zeitung topic ID
Gewitter
Topic's main category
Category:Thunderstorms
Treccani ID
temporale
Treccani Vocabulary ID
temporale3
Treccani's Dizionario delle Scienze Fisiche ID
temporale
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
temporale
UNDRR-ISC Hazard Information Profile ID
MH0103
VerbaAlpina ID
C4234
Vikidia article ID
en:Thunderstorm, fr:Orage
Wellcome Collection concept ID
zpf9f26p
WikiKids ID
Onweer
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
11539686-n
YSO ID
535

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← Depicts 4
Subclass of 3
← Domain of saint or deity 3
Described by source 2
Has these parts 2
Named after 2
Different from 1
Examples 1
FactGrid item ID 1
History of topic 1
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Summary

thunderstorm is a type of meteorological phenomenon[1]. thunderstorm is a type of storm[2], weather[3], and precipitation[4].

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Influence

Things named for thunderstorm include ORP Burza[23], a destroyer[24] and French destroyer Orage[25], a destroyer[26].

Why It Matters

Entities named for thunderstorm include ORP Burza[23], a destroyer[24] and French destroyer Orage[25], a destroyer[26].

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 28d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ISOCAT ID → 6581
    "Created claim: ISOCAT ID: 6581, Matched to thunderstorm (#7331425) in ISOCAT #mix'n'match"
  2. 5w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed labels, descriptions or aliases: import labels from sitelinks"
  3. 12w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    VerbaAlpina ID → C4234
    "Created claim: VerbaAlpina ID: C4234, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  4. 20w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 1GdrFP
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #37385: Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) (Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026))"
  5. 21w ago · EPorto (WMB) · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4, Information integrity on extreme weather events
    "Created claim: On focus list of Wikimedia project: Information integrity on extreme weather events, adding labels and P5008 (details)"
  6. 27w ago · Nat (WDU) · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    UNDRR-ISC Hazard Information Profile ID → MH0103
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #29431: UNDRR-ISC Hazard Information Profile ID for extreme weather events"
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