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TIL That a small cloud (1 Cubic Kilometer) weighs about 1.1 million lbs! (www.usgs.gov)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

For reference: air density is roughly 1kg/m³ [see note]. So the same volume of air is roughly 10⁶ tons. The air in the cloud weights 2000 more than the water.

NOTE: it's 1.3kg/m³ on sea level, 0.9kg/m³ at 3km over sea level, I think that 1kg/m³ is a safe bet.