Weather vs. Climate

Weathernoun

The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.

Weathernoun

Unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and their effects.

Weathernoun

(nautical) The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side.

Weathernoun

A situation.

Weathernoun

(obsolete) A storm; a tempest.

Weathernoun

(obsolete) A light shower of rain.

Weatheradjective

Facing towards the flow of a fluid, usually air.

Weatherverb

To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects.

Weatherverb

(by extension) To sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to endure; to resist.

Weatherverb

To break down, of rocks and other materials, under the effects of exposure to rain, sunlight, temperature, and air.

Weatherverb

(nautical) To pass to windward in a vessel, especially to beat 'round.

Weatherverb

(nautical) To endure or survive an event or action without undue damage.

Weatherverb

(falconry) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.

Weathernoun

The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness, or any other meteorological phenomena; meteorological condition of the atmosphere; as, warm weather; cold weather; wet weather; dry weather, etc.

Weathernoun

Vicissitude of season; meteorological change; alternation of the state of the air.

Weathernoun

Storm; tempest.

Weathernoun

A light rain; a shower.

Weatherverb

To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to air.

Weatherverb

Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to weather the storm.

Weatherverb

To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship.

Weatherverb

To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.

Weatherverb

To undergo or endure the action of the atmosphere; to suffer meteorological influences; sometimes, to wear away, or alter, under atmospheric influences; to suffer waste by weather.

Weatheradjective

Being toward the wind, or windward - opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc.

Weathernoun

the meteorological conditions: temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation;

Weatherverb

face or endure with courage;

Weatherverb

cause to slope

Weatherverb

sail to the windward of

Weatherverb

change under the action or influence of the weather;

Weatheradjective

towards the side exposed to wind

Weather

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. On Earth, most weather phenomena occur in the lowest layer of the planet's atmosphere, the troposphere, just below the stratosphere.

Climatenoun

(obsolete) An area of the earth's surface between two parallels of latitude.

Climatenoun

(obsolete) A region of the Earth.

Climatenoun

The long-term manifestations of weather and other atmospheric conditions in a given area or country, now usually represented by the statistical summary of its weather conditions during a period long enough to ensure that representative values are obtained (generally 30 years).

Climatenoun

(figuratively) The context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation.

Climateverb

To dwell.

Climatenoun

One of thirty regions or zones, parallel to the equator, into which the surface of the earth from the equator to the pole was divided, according to the successive increase of the length of the midsummer day.

Climatenoun

The condition of a place in relation to various phenomena of the atmosphere, as temperature, moisture, etc., especially as they affect animal or vegetable life.

Climateverb

To dwell.

Climatenoun

the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time;

Climatenoun

the prevailing psychological state;

Climate

Climate is the long-term average of weather, typically averaged over a period of 30 years. More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological variables over a time spanning from months to millions of years.