Weather Vocabulary: Useful

Weather Words & Terms

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Weather vocabulary words! What’s the weather like today? Learn useful weather
terms with pictures and examples to improve and increase your vocabulary
words in English. Being able to talk about the weather in English can benefit you during a lot
of conversations. For example, you might like to talk about travel and holidays and explain what
the weather was like, or you might like to discuss upcoming weather in conjunction with any
plans you are making (is it going to rain when you plan to go to the beach, for example?) Being
able to recognise weather words will also help you to understand English weather forecasts
which can come in extremely handy.
Table of Contents
 Weather Vocabulary
o Weather Words List
o Weather Terms with Pictures and Examples
o Weather Vocabulary Words Picture
 Useful Weather Words & Weather Terms
o Weather Vocabulary Words List
o Weather Vocabulary: Useful Weather Words & Terms Image
 Natural World Vocabulary

Weather Vocabulary
Weather is the state of the atmosphere, describing for example the degree to
which it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy.
Weather Words List
 Sunny
 Rainy
 Windy
 Hot
 Cloudy
 Stormy
 Cold
 Snowy
 Rain
 Drizzle
 Rainbow
 Snow
Weather Terms with Pictures and Examples
Sunny
The weather was surprisingly warm and sunny.

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Rainy
On rainy days, we play games in the gym.

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Windy
It’s too windy to go out in the boat.

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Hot
We were going to play football, but it was so hot that we decided to do otherwise.

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Cloudy
Tomorrow will be cloudy with outbreaks of rain and drizzle.

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Stormy
The sky was dark and stormy.

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Cold
It’s cold and you should cover up warmly.

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Snowy
We’ve had a very snowy winter this year.

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Rain
The rain will continue into the evening.
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Drizzle
The drizzle had now stopped and the sun was breaking through.

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Rainbow
Life is like a rainbow. You don’t always know what’s on the other side, but you
know it’s there.

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Snow
Her skin was as white as snow.

seful Weather Words & Weather Terms

Weather Vocabulary Words List
Sun
 Bright – The weather was bright and sunny.
 Blazing – The sun was blazing down that afternoon.
 Sunlight – I was dazzled by the sunlight.
 Sunshine – It was a cool day with fitful sunshine.
Rain
 Drizzling– It’s been drizzling all day.
 Pouring – It was absolutely pouring with rain.
 Raining – It is raining cats and dogs.
 Lashing – The rain was lashing the windows.
Clouds
 Cloudy – It was so cloudy that the top of the mountain was invisible.
 Gloomy – It was a wet and gloomy day.
 Foggy – It was foggy and the sun shone feebly through the murk.
 Overcast – The sky was soon overcast.
 Clear – His visit came out of a clear sky.
Fog
 Mist – The sun will evaporate the mist.
 Haze – The sun was surrounded by a golden haze.
 Dense fog – The airport was closed in by the dense fog.
 Patchy fog – Drizzle and patchy fog are forecast.
Snow
 Snowfall – There was very little snowfall last year.
 Sleet – The rain was turning to sleet.
 Snowstorm – The snowstorm will last till tomorrow afternoon.
 Snowflake – A single snowflake landed on her nose.
 Blizzard – Eleanor arrived in the midst of a blizzard.
Wind
 Breeze – A cold breeze was blowing hard.
 Blustery – The day was cold and blustery.
 Windy – It was windy and Jake felt cold.
 Windstorm – The sea was choppy today because of the windstorm.
 Hurricane – A hurricane hit the city yesterday at 5 p.m.
Temperature
 Hot – The weather was hot, without a breath of wind.
 Warm – It is nice and warm today.
 Cool – It was a lovely cool evening.
 Cold – The cold weather exhilarated the walkers.
 Freezing – It is freezing cold now.
Natural Disasters
 Landslide – The railroad was blocked by a landslide.
 Avalanche – They were killed by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps.
 Storm – The weather forecast is for severe storms tonight.
 Drought – They are preparing against a drought.
 Earthquake – We had an awful earthquake last week.