General Words Describing Weather

1. climate – the type of weather that a country or region has
2. climate change – changes in the earth’s weather, including changes in temperature, wind patterns and rainfall, especially the increase in the temperature of the earth’s atmosphere that is caused by the increase of particular gases, especially carbon dioxide
3. meteorology – the scientific study of weather
4. seasonal – suitable or typical of the time of year it is now
5. spell – a period when there is a particular type of weather
6. weather forecast  – a report on likely weather conditions for a period of time in the future
7. zone – one of the large areas that the world is divided into according to its temperature

Words Describing Warm Weather

1. balmy – warm and pleasant
2. blistering – extremely hot in a way that is uncomfortable
3. dog days – the hottest days of the year
4. heatwave – a continuous period of very hot weather, especially when this is unusual
5. Indian summer – a period of warm weather in autumn
6. scorcher – an extremely hot day
7. sunny – not stormy or cloudy
8. thaw – ice and snow turns into water
9. the heat – very hot weather
10. tropical – like weather near the equator, climate that is frost-free

Words Describing Cold Weather

1. bleak – very cold and grey
2. biting – so cold that it makes you feel uncomfortable
3. brisk – fairly cold and a fairly strong wind is blowing
4. crisp – cold and dry
5. fresh – fairly cold and the wind is blowing
6. frosty – cold enough to produce frost
7. hard – a very cold winter
8. harsh – extremely cold and unpleasant
9. icy – very cold, like ice
10. raw – cold and unpleasant
11. snowy – covered with snow

Words Describing Pleasant Weather

1. calm – very little wind
2. clear – no clouds, rain, etc.
3. clement – pleasant because it is neither very hot nor very cold
4. cloudless – no clouds in the sky
5. equable – does not change very much
6. fair – pleasant and not raining
7. fine – sunny and not raining
8. pleasant – dry and neither very hot nor very cold
9. still – without wind
10. temperate – a temperate climate or region is never extremely hot or extremely cold
11. windless – without any wind

Words To Describe Unpleasant Weather

1. bone-dry – completely without water or moisture
2. fierce – very strong or severe
3. foul – unpleasant, with rain, snow, or wind
4. gale-force – an extremely strong wind
5. gusty – the wind blowing in gusts
6. harsh – extremely cold and unpleasant
7. humid – hot and wet in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable
8. muggy –  warm in an unpleasant way because the air feels wet
9. murky – dark and unpleasant because of fog, clouds, etc.
10. severe – extremely unpleasant and likely to cause harm or damage
11. sultry – the air is hot and slightly wet
12. threatening – clouds, skies, or seas show that the weather is likely to be bad
13. torrential – rain falling in large amounts
14. unseasonable – not the type of weather that you expect in a particular season
15. windy – with a lot of wind

Words To Describe Wet & Cloudy Weather

1. bank – a large mass of cloud or fog
2. billow – a cloud that rises and moves in a large mass
3. blizzard – a snowstorm with very strong winds
4. cirrocumulus – small round clouds that form lines high in the sky
5. cirrostratus – a thin layer of cloud found very high in the sky
6. cirrus – a type of thin cloud found very high in the sky
7. cloudy – full of clouds
8. column – something that rises up into the air in a straight line
9. cumulonimbus – a mass of very tall thick cloud that usually brings rain and sometimes thunder
10. cumulus – a large low white cloud that is round at the top and flat at the bottom
11. dull – when there are a lot of clouds and it is rather dark
12. fog – a thick cloud that forms close to the ground or to water and is difficult to see through (fog is thicker than mist)
13. fogbound – not able to operate normally because of thick fog
14. foggy – full of fog or covered with fog
15. gather – if clouds gather, they start to appear and cover part of the sky
16. grey – when it is not very bright, because there is a lot of cloud
17. hurricane – a violent storm with very strong winds
18. inclement – unpleasantly cold or wet
19. lower – if clouds lower, they are very dark, as if a storm is coming
20. mist – small drops of liquid in the air
21. misty – lots of mist in the air
22. nimbus – a dark grey rain cloud
23. overcast – a sky completely full of clouds
24. pall – cloud that covers an area and makes it darker
25. pea souper – thick low cloud that prevents you from seeing anything
26. scud – clouds moving quickly
27. sea mist – a thin low cloud that comes onto the land from the sea
28. steam- the wet substance that forms on windows and mirrors when wet air suddenly becomes hot or cold
29. storm cloud – a very dark cloud
30. squall – a sudden violent gust of wind or localized storm, especially one bringing rain, snow, or sleet.
31. thundercloud – a storm cloud producing thunder
32. tsunami – an extremely large wave in the sea
33. typhoon – a violent tropical storm with very strong winds
34. vapour – very small drops of water or other liquids in the air that make the air feel wet
35. vog – smog that contains dust and gas from volcanoes

Words To Describe Changes In Weather

1. break – if the weather breaks, it changes unexpectedly, and usually becomes worse
2. break through – if the sun breaks through the clouds, it appears from behind them
3. brighten up – if the weather brightens up, it becomes sunnier
4. clear up – if the weather clears up, the clouds or rain go away
5. close in – if the weather closes in, it becomes unpleasant
6. cloud – to become darker because grey clouds are forming in the sky
7. ease – if bad weather such as wind or rain eases, it becomes less strong
8. fickle – weather that is fickle changes often and unexpectedly
9. lift – if something such as cloud or fog lifts, the weather improves and you can see clearly again
10. melt away – if ice or snow melts away, it changes into water as it gets warmer
11. thaw – if the weather thaws, it becomes warmer and causes ice or snow to change into liquid
12. track – if weather tracks in a particular direction, it moves in that direction

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