Weather and Climate Lesson

Weather vs. Climate

​By Journee' Phillips

Weather describes what is currently happening. It is measured over short period of time.

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Weather

Climate describes the average weather patterns for a specific region.

It is measured over a long period of time.

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Climate

Fill in the Blank

Weather is NOT measured over _________ periods of time

Multiple Choice

The difference between Weather and Climate is ...

• one is described as predictions and the other is described as averages

• one is predicted and the other is not

• one is rain and the other is snow

• one is hail and the other is sleet

Did you know that climate averages can change from one average to another throughout the years?​

Ex. The average in Florida changed from 50% to 70% in the past year.

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FUN FACT!!!!!

About Climate

Multiple Choice

Which are examples of Climate?

• "The average changes from 30% to 50% over 2 years "

• "It is going to have a 50% chance of rain today"

Multiple Select

The average can change from ____ to ______ over a year

• from 50% to 70%

• from 40% to 60%

• from 20% to 102%

• from 11% to 80%