Weather Whiz: September 27
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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•
September 27, 2026Updated: September 27, 2026, 7:17 am EDTPublished: September 27, 2026, 7:00 am EDT
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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 of what's been going on.

QUESTIONS

  1. What is the name of the annual tournament currently underway that celebrates one species' preparation for winter hibernation?
  2. Fire tells a story through the way it moves. By reading how a blaze traveled, ________ can trace its path in reverse, straight back to where it started.
  3. Yellowstone's geysers ate 280 ________ this year — blame the wind.
  4. A combination of deep low pressure and winds made which hurricane the strongest tropical cyclone anywhere on Earth so far in 2026?
  5. The ________ opens a roughly two-month stretch when geomagnetic storms and northern lights become more common.

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ANSWERS

  1. Fat Bear Week
  2. Fire investigators
  3. Hats
  4. Polo
  5. Fall equinox

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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