Weather

Vocabulary

Word
Meaning Example Sentence
Part of speech

airconditioner/airconditioning
noun
The airconditioner
keeps the office nice
an appliance that cools down the
and comfortable even
air in a home or building
when it's very hot
outside.

The skiers were

avalanche a dangerous slide of snow down a
warned about a
noun mountain
possible avalanche.

below freezing
preposition/adjective
It's supposed to go
temperature less than 0 degrees
below freezing before
Celsius/(32F)
the weekend.

The airplane couldn't

blizzard a storm with lots of snow and
take-off because of the
noun wind
blizzard.

It was boiling hot, so

boiling hot common expression for
we all jumped into the
adjective + noun describing a very hot day
lake.

Don't bother with a

breeze
light wind hat. There is always a
noun
breeze near the ocean.

In the summer, the

measurement of temperature (0
Celsius average temperature
degrees is freezing/100 is
noun here is 20 degrees
boiling)
Celsius.

It's a bit chilly today,

chilly
cold so I think you should
adjective
wear a coat.

clear when the sky is blue because no On a clear night you

adjective clouds are blocking the sun can see a lot of stars.

cloud/cloudy water in the sky that appears as a It may look cloudy in

noun/adjective white or grey mass the morning, but the
 sun always comes out
by afternoon.

They're calling for a

cold spell a period of colder than average
cold spell, so we put
adjective + noun weather
off our camping trip.

The days were boiling

hot, but the nights
cool temperature in between warm
were cool and
adjective and cold
comfortable for
sleeping.

I don't feel the heat

degrees until it's about forty
measurement for temperature
noun degrees Celsius
outside.

I think I'll take the dog

drizzling
raining slightly for a walk. It's only
continuous verb
drizzling now.

Forest fires are a

drought
a long period with no rainfall serious danger during
noun
a drought.

measurement of temperature (32 It was 100 degrees

Fahrenheit
degrees is freezing/212 is Fahrenheit when we
noun
boiling) got to San Francisco.

The flood was so bad,

flood
overflow of rain water our basement was full
noun
of water.

There are a few

flurries flurries but the snow
noun very light snowfall
isn't sticking to the
roads.

We couldn't see the

fog/foggy thick water vapor that blocks
bridge because there
noun/adjective one's vision
was too much fog.

According to the 5
forecast the expected weather for the day forecast, it's
noun/verb future going to rain on our
wedding day.

It was a freezing cold

freezing cold common expression used to
day for the Santa
adjective + noun describe a very cold day
Claus parade.
 Some flowers are so
frost
ice crystals on a frozen surface strong they can
noun
withstand frost.

I lost my hat while I

a skin condition caused by over
frostbite was skiing, and I
exposure to the cold (typically
noun ended up with
reddish skin with white spots)
frostbite on my ears.

There was so much

hail small pieces of ice that fall hail that some of the
noun during a storm trailer homes were
destroyed.

Bring lots of water

a flu-like condition one can
heat stroke and wear a hat to
acquire after spending too long in
noun avoid heat stroke in
the sun
this weather.

extremely hot weather that is During the heat-wave

heat-wave
much higher than average-- we cooled our beds
noun
usually lasts a short time down with ice packs.

It feels a lot hotter

humid/humidity than it actually is
moisture in the air
adjective/noun because of the
humidity.

Half of the buildings

hurricane a tropical storm with very strong on the island were
noun wind and rain flattened by the
hurricane.

The roads are icy so

icy
slippery because of ice please avoid driving
adjective
down any hills.

The outdoor pool

lightning electric flash caused by two always closes when
noun clouds hitting the lifeguards suspect
lightning.

It's quite mild out so I

mild temperature that is warmer than
didn't bother with a
adjective average(in a cold season)
hat or mittens.

The meteorologist
meteorologist a person who studies weather predicted that the cold
noun patterns spell would be over by
now.
 It was minus twenty
minus/negative indicates that a temperature is
degrees at the top of
adjective below zero
the skil hill.

The sky is overcast

this morning, but the
overcast
no sun is visible sun is supposed to
adjective
come out by late
afternoon.

term often used in a weather Tomorrow's forecast

partly cloudy forecast to indicate that the skies is partly cloudy with
adverb + adjective are sunny and cloudy at the same clear skies by
time nightfall.

There is very little

precipitation
rain or snow that falls on an area precipitation in the
noun
desert.

Children love to
puddle splash in puddles
collection of rain water
noun when they are wearing
rubber boots.

rain/raining/rainy My hair is all wet and

water that falls to earth
noun/continuous verb/adjective messy from the rain.

I love catching
raindrop
a single measurement of rain raindrops on my
noun
tongue.

According to legend
rainbow a band of colours found in the you can find a pot of
noun sky after a rainfall gold at the end of a
rainbow.

They cancelled the

raining cats and dogs football game because
raining heavily
idiom it was raining cats
and dogs.

scorching/a scorcher
adjective/noun
It was a scorcher, so
extremely hot temperature/a very
the whole family slept
hot day
in the cool basement.

time of year characterized by My favorite season is

season certain weather Fall, because I love to
noun Winter,Spring,Summer,Fall (or watch the leaves
Autumn) changing colours.

shower quick/light rainstorm They've been calling

noun for showers all week,
but so far it's been dry.

All-weather-tires are
sleet(similar to hail)
rain that freezes as it falls best if you have to
noun
drive in sleet.

The snow turned to

slush/slushy snow on the ground that has been
slush as soon as it
noun/adjective rained on
started to rain.

You really notice the

smog heavy,dark cloud cover caused
smog downtown in
noun by pollution
this type of humidity.

snow/snowy/snowing
noun/adjective/ continuous verb
It is already snowing
up in the mountains,
frozen water that warms slightly
so the ski season
as it falls to earth
should be great this
year.

All of the schools

snowstorm
large amounts of wind and snow were closed because
noun
of the snowstorm.

sun/sunshine/sunny We hope to have

the gassy star that warms the
noun/noun/adjective sunshine on the day
earth
of the beach picnic.

sunburn painful red/pink skin caused by The bald man got a

noun being in the sun too long sunburn on his head.

I forgot my shades
sunglasses/shades dark eyewear that protects you
and I was driving right
noun from the sun
into the sun.

suntan/tanned I got a suntan on the

brown/golden skin caused by
noun(also verb)/adjective(also cruise, but it has
long periods of sun exposure
verb) already faded away.

Don't forget to reapply

sunscreen/suntan lotion cream that protects your skin your sunscreen when
noun from sun damage you get out of the
lake.

Can you check the

temperature temperature before
how warm or cold the air is
noun we get dressed for our
walk?
 When I checked the
temperature this
thermometer instrument for measuring the morning, the
noun temperature of the air thermometer said it
was already thirty
degrees Celsius.

Let's close all of the

thunder/thunderstor the crashing of clouds (often
windows. It looks like
m followed by a strike of lightning
a thunderstorm is
noun and heavy rain)
coming.

The tornado picked

tornado/cyclone up everything in its
noun violently spinning windstorm
path, including
animals and cars.

umbrella I always keep an

held over one's head and body for
noun umbrella in my car in
rain protection
case of rain.

Ultra violet rays can

UV (ultra violet) rays cause skin cancer if
the damaging rays from the sun
noun you don't wear
sunscreen.

wind/windy It's too windy to play

blowing air outside
noun/adjective golf today.

It's minus two, but

when the wind makes the air feel
wind chill factor with the wind chill
colder than the actual
noun factor it's minus
temperature
fifteen