How many tons does an average cumulus cloud weigh?

Science hard Data from 2023

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Answer in tons. Shorthand like 9m or 1.2bn works.

The answer

500 tons

An average cumulus cloud weighs about 500 tonnes — roughly a hundred elephants, floating. It stays up because the water is dispersed as microscopic droplets and the air beneath is denser than the cloud as a whole.

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Source U.S. Geological Survey
Figure refers to 2023
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Unit tons

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