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cumulonimbus

genus of clouds, dense towering vertical cloud associated with thunderstorms and atmospheric instability
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Summary

cumulonimbus is a cloud type[1]. cumulonimbus ranks in the top 9% of cloud type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,506 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: vertical multi-level clouds[3]
  • Commons category: Cumulonimbus clouds[4]
  • Said to be the same as: thunderhead[5]
  • Official website: https://cloudatlas.wmo.int/cumulonimbus-cb.html[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cumulonimbus clouds[7]
  • Commons gallery: Cumulonimbus[8]
  • Facet of: international cloud classification[9]
  • Duration: 30 minutes[10], 4 hour[11]
  • Hashtag: cumulonimbus_cloud[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]

Why It Matters

cumulonimbus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] cumulonimbus is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14d ago · Kallerna · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 73
    Image → Cumulonimbus cloud over Italy.jpg
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'ast', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bjn', 'ca', 'cs', 'csb', 'cy'
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Image: Cumulonimbus Clouds.jpg"
  2. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C4228
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C4228, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
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