Lightning is Incredibly Hot When people think of heat, they often think of things like boiling water or a hot summer's day.

The weather event is so rare that meteorologist Jim Cantore can barely contain his excitement when he's recorded in viral videos witnessing it.

Thunder and lightning are much more common in warm-season storms because of convection, the upward motion of air that helps produce thunderstorms. It's fairly rare to have convection within a winter ...