Weather Vocabulary

Current state of the atmosphere

• Hail
• Climate
• Weather
• Desert

The pushing force of the atmosphere

• Circulation
• Barometric pressure
• Humidity
• Elephants

The amount of water vapor in the air

• Humidity
• Ice cream
• Sleet
• Precipitation

Movement of air that redistributes heat on Earth

• Climate
• Weather
• Circulation
• Fan

Frozen raindrops

• Hail
• Sleet
• Slushies
• Snow

Frozen precipitation that forms in layers

• Sleet
• Hail
• Snow
• Menchies

A place that gets very little precipitation

• Florida in the summer
• Desert
• Dessert
• Seattle

The average of weather conditions over a long time, usually at least 30 years

• Weather 
• Climate
• Hurricane Matthew
• Humidity

A measure of how far a place is from the equator

• Longitude
• Latitude
• Ladder
• Ruler

Height above sea level

• Latitude
• Valley
• Elevation
• Mt. Everest