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Clouds

Clouds has an estimated weight of ≈499 tonnes. It ranks #9 of 128 in the Nature & Materials category.

Source excerpt: If you have ever spent any time outdoors, you’ve likely looked up at those big, fluffy clouds floating above you. Maybe you have tried to identify shapes in them, or perhaps you have wondered how much those floating cotton balls weigh.

Position in category

128 Items in category 1,265,106,122 tonnes Category average 6 kilograms Category median 0.2 grams–161,932,476,090 tonnes Category span

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≈499 tonnes
Manitowoc MLC650 408 tonnes Boeing 747-8 442 tonnes Truck 450 tonnes Demag CC 6800-1 479 tonnes Clouds This item ≈499 tonnes Cumulus Cloud ≈499 tonnes Hitachi EH5000AC-3 – Not your Average Hitachi Electronics 500 tonnes Union Pacific Big Boy 544 tonnes Airbus A380 560 tonnes

Weight details

Typical ≈499 tonnes
Minimum 499 tonnes
Maximum 499 tonnes
Value type Approximate
Weight reference text

Though there is some variation between types of clouds, a 1-kilometer cube cumulous cloud would weigh about 1.1 million pounds.

Unit conversions

Kilograms498,952 kilograms
Pounds1,100,000 pounds
Metric tonnes499 tonnes
Grams498,951,607 grams
Ounces17,600,000 ounces
Stones78,571 stones

Source

1 sources
How Much Do Clouds Weigh? weightofstuff.com · Nature & Materials · Section: How Much Do Clouds Weigh? · Article updated 2024-05-16
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Frequently asked questions

How much does Clouds weigh?

Clouds typically weighs about ≈499 tonnes, within a recorded range of 499 tonnes.

Where does Clouds rank among Nature & Materials?

It ranks #9 of 128 entries in Nature & Materials, heavier than 97% of items in the dataset.

Where do these weight figures come from?

The data comes from 1 source articles on weightofstuff.com, most recently updated on 2024-05-16.

Dataset information

Items indexed <built-in method items of dict object at 0x7fb433bdb540>
Source articles 430
Categories 11
Confidence High
Category Nature & Materials
Category rank #9 of 128
Weight position Heavier than 97% of items
Updated 2024-05-16
Measurement type Mass
Dataset ID clouds
URL slug clouds

Confidence reflects how explicit the source wording is: exact values are high, ranges or approximations are medium, and vague statements are low.