Weather

Terms in this deck

• sunnyhaving bright sunshine with no clouds
• cloudycovered with clouds, with little or no sun
• rainyhaving a lot of rain
• windyhaving strong wind
• snowycovered with or full of snow
• stormyhaving strong wind, rain, and often thunder
• foggyhaving thick mist that is hard to see through
• hothaving a high temperature
• coldhaving a low temperature
• coola little cold, but not uncomfortable
• warmhaving a comfortably high temperature
• humidhaving a lot of moisture in the air
• freezingextremely cold
• thunderthe loud sound that comes after lightning during a storm
• lightninga flash of light in the sky during a storm
• rainbowan arc of colors in the sky after rain
• hurricanea very powerful storm with strong winds and heavy rain
• tornadoa violent, spinning column of air that touches the ground
• drizzlelight rain falling in very fine drops
• hailsmall, hard balls of ice that fall like rain
• frosta thin layer of ice that forms on cold surfaces
• breezea light, gentle wind
• temperaturea measurement of how hot or cold something is
• forecasta prediction of what the weather will be like
• clear skya sky with no clouds
• overcastcompletely covered by clouds
• mildnot too hot and not too cold
• flooda large amount of water covering land that is normally dry
• droughta long period without rain
• heat wavea period of unusually hot weather
• blizzarda severe snowstorm with strong winds
• degreesthe units used to measure temperature
• springthe season between winter and summer when plants start to grow
• summerthe warmest season of the year
• fallthe season between summer and winter when leaves change color
• winterthe coldest season of the year