| 100% | STORMS | 6 | Weather phenomena with thunder and lightning |
| 79% | STORM | 5 | Weather event with thunder and lightning |
| 66% | STORMY | 6 | Windy, wet weather with thunder and lightning |
| 62% | STORMS | 6 | Events with thunder and lightning |
| 60% | STORMS | 6 | Events that often come with thunder and lightning |
| 49% | STORM | 5 | Thunder and lightning |
| 48% | INDRA | 5 | Hindu god of thunder and lightning |
| 48% | BOLT | 4 | What often follows thunder and lightning |
| 48% | ZEUS | 4 | Greek god of thunder and lightning |
| 48% | THOR | 4 | Norse god of thunder and lightning |
| 48% | TSTORMS | 7 | Weather events with lightning, briefly ... or a description of 1 and 13 Across |
| 47% | TEAMS | 5 | Thunder and Lightning, e.g. |
| 47% | ICESTORM | 8 | Weather phenomenon with freezing rain |
| 46% | ELNINO | 6 | Weather phenomenon with a Spanish name |
| 46% | RAIN | 4 | Weather that's sometimes accompanied by thunder and lightning |
| 46% | LANINA | 6 | Weather phenomenon with a more famous “brother” |
| 45% | NBA | 3 | Org. with Thunder and Heat |
| 45% | ELNINO | 6 | Weather phenomenon with a Spanish name (2 wds.) |
| 45% | NBA | 3 | Sports org. with Thunder and Heat |
| 45% | NBA | 3 | Organization with Thunder and Heat: Abbr. |
| 45% | CATS | 4 | "Raining ___ and dogs," idiom with a natural phenomenon that is used to describe torrential weather |
| 45% | STORM | 5 | Weather event with thunder |
| 44% | NBA | 3 | Sports organization with Thunder and Heat (Abbr.) |
| 43% | ELNINO | 6 | Pacific weather phenomenon with a Spanish name: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ELNINO | 6 | Pacific weather phenomenon with a Spanish name (2 wds.) |
| 42% | HEAT | 4 | With 53-Across, weather phenomenon with trapped warmth, and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 42% | STORM | 5 | Weather with lightning |
| 42% | TEAMSTERS | 9 | Labor union whose logo features horses named Thunder and Lightning |
| 42% | ELECTRICALSTORM | 15 | Weather phenomenon characterized by the presence of lightning |
| 41% | DUSTSTORM | 9 | Weather phenomenon of Earth and Mars |