Weather Vocabulary List with Definitions
Air pollution: Smoke and dust that make the air dangerous to breath. (noun)
Air pressure: The weight of the air pressing down. (noun)
Air: The gases that surround the Earth. (noun)
Autumn: The cool season where leaves start to fall from trees. (British English)
(noun)
Blizzard: A very heavy snow storm. (noun)
Breeze: A gentle and slow movement of air. (noun)
Celsius: A new temperature measurement scale in which water freezes at 0
and boils at 100. (noun)
Changeable: When the type of weather is always different. (adjective)
Chilly: The temperature is quite cold. (adjective)
Clear: When there are no clouds in the sky. (adjective)
Climate: The average weather over a long period of time. (noun)
Cloud: Water that is suspended high in the sky and can be seen. (noun)
Cold: A low temperature. (adjective)
Cool: A slightly cold temperature. (adjective)
Degrees: A scale used to measure temperature. (noun)
Dew: The water drops that collect on plants and surfaces early in the morning.
(noun)
Downpour: A very heavy rain. (noun)
Drizzle: A slight and weak rain. (noun)
Drought: When there is no water or rain. (noun)
Dull: The opposite of sunny, the sun is hidden by clouds. (adjective)
Fahrenheit: An old scale used to measure temperature. (noun)
Fall: The cool season where leaves start to fall from trees. (American English)
(noun)
Flood: When there is too much water so it covers the land. (noun)
Fog: Water vapor suspended in the air near the ground. (noun)
Forecast: To predict what the weather will be in the future. (verb)
Freezing: When the temperature is cold enough for water to become ice.
(adjective
Frost: The ice crystals that form on plants and surfaces when it is cold. (noun)
Gale: Very big storm with strong wind. (noun)
Gusts: A short and sudden increase in wind speed. (noun)
Hail: Frozen balls of water that fall instead of rain. (noun)
Heat-wave: A period of time with very high temperatures. (noun)
Heavy rain: A lot of rain all at the same time. (noun)
Hot: A high temperature. (adjective)
Humid: When there is a lot of water suspended in the air. (adjective)
Hurricane: A storm with very strong winds and heavy rain. (noun)
Ice: Frozen water. (noun)
Lightning: An electrical discharge from the clouds to the ground. (noun)
Melt: When ice, snow or hail turns to water. (verb)
Meteorologist: A person who studies the weather. (noun)
Mild: To be slightly hot when a cold temperature would be expected.
(adjective)
Monsoon: The season with heavy rain most days, occurs in parts of Asia.
(noun)
Overcast: When the sky is filled with clouds. (adjective)
Precipitation: When water falls from the sky as rain, snow or hail. (noun)
Puddle: A small patch of water on the ground after rain. (noun)
Rain: Water falling from the sky. (noun)
Rainbow: An arc of different colors in the sky when it is raining. (noun)
Season: The different parts of the year with different types of weather. (noun)
Shine: To give off a bright light. (verb)
Shower: Short and quick precipitation event. (noun)
Sky: What can be seen when looking up from the ground. (noun)
Sleet: Precipitation that is halfway between rain and snow. (noun)
Slush: Snow on the ground that is mixed with water, or turning into water.
(noun)
Smog: Visible pollution from cars and vehicles in big cities. (noun)
Snow: Precipitation falling as ice crystals. (noun)
Snowstorm: Snow falling while a strong wind blows. (noun)
Soaked: To be very wet, to get very wet. (adjective)
Spring: The season where temperature is warm and plants start to grow.
(noun)
Storm: When there are strong winds and heavy rain at the same time. (noun)
Summer: The hot season when not much rain falls. (noun)
Sun: The star that the Earth gets its light and heat from. (noun)
Sunlight: The light from the Sun that warms the Earth. (noun)
Temperature: The level of hotness or coldness experienced by something.
(noun)
Thermometer: A device for measuring the temperature. (noun)
Thunder: The loud noise that occurs with lightning. (noun)
Thunderstorm: A storm with thunder and lightning at the same time. (noun)
Tornado: A very strong wind over land that forms a funnel. (noun)
Umbrella: A device for keeping rain off people. (noun)
Warm: A temperature that is slightly hot. (adjective)
Weather: The conditions within the air. (noun)
Weather forecast: A prediction about what the weather will be like in the
future. (noun)
Wind: A movement of the air. (noun)
Winter: The cold season when it might snow and where many plants stop
growing. (noun)
