Weather - vocabulary - 6th year

Using verbs to describe the weather

	The sun is shining		It's drizzling
	The wind is blowing		It's raining (The rain is falling.)
	It's hailing		It's pouring (The rain is pouring down.)
	It's snowing (The snow is falling.)		It's thundering

Using adjectives to describe the weather

	Sweltering = It's sweltering. or It's a sweltering day.		Freezing = It's freezing. or It's a freezing day.
	Warm = It's warn. or It's a warm day.		Cold = It's cold. or It's a cold day.
	Sunny = It's sunny. or It's a sunny day.		Cloudy = It's cloudy. or It's a cloudy day.
	Clear = It's clear. or It's a clear day.		Stormy = It's stormy. or It's a stormy day.
	Misty = It's misty. or It's a misty day.		Foggy = It's foggy. or It's a foggy day.
	Breezy = It's breezy. or It's a breezy day		Windy = It's windy. or It's a windy day.
	Showery = It's showery. or It's a showery day.		Rainy = It's rainy. or It's a rainy day.
	Frosty = It's frosty. or It's a frosty day.		Snowy = It's snowy. or It's a snowy day.
	Icy = It's icy. or It's an icy day.		Drizzly = It's drizzly. or It's a drizzly day.
	. Dry = It's dry. or It's a dry day.		Wet = It's wet. or It's a wet day.

Other things associated with the weather

	sunshine		lightning
	puddles		raindrops
	hailstones		snowflakes
	frost		The weather forecast
	flood		drought
	tidalwave		tornado / twister
Atlantic / Eastern Pacific = a hurricane Northwest Pacific = a typhoon Rest of the world = a cyclone

Describing the weather generally

	hot, scorching		wet, miserable, damp
	warm, mild, fine, dry		dull, grey
	cool, refreshing		cold, chilly

What to say

How to ask about the weather.

	What's the weather like?
	What's the weather doing?
	Is it raining where you are?

 

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