Whats Titans weather like?
Chilly and overcast, with light winds and a slight risk of methane downpours. Temperatures at the surface are around 94 Kelvin, or (-179°C), cold enough to let methane condense and to freeze ice into a rock-hard state. The sky is stained orange by a thick layer of photochemical smog high in the atmosphere. Fierce gales blow at super-hurricane speeds of up to 100 metres per second, while at ground level the wind speed is only about 1 m per second – a “light air” on the Beaufort scale. There are few clouds, but clear evidence of erosion implies that liquids sometimes flow on the surface, so scientists believe that there are occasional methane rainstorms on Titan.
