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Weather Versus Climate

WEATHER VS. CLIMATE

We are usually confused on what's the difference between the weather and the climate. But starting today, you won't be confused anymore. :>

What is a weather?

  • Weather is basically the way the atmosphere is behaving, mainly with respect to its effects upon life and human activities. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure, as in high and low pressure.

  • In most places, weather can change from minute-to-minute, hour-to-hour, day-to-day, and season-to-season.

  • Weather is what you see outside on any particular day. So, for example, it may be 75° degrees and sunny or it could be 20° degrees with heavy snow. That’s the weather.

What is a Climate?

  • In short, climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a particular area.

  • Some scientists define climate as the average weather for a particular region and time period, usually taken over 30-years. It's really an average pattern of weather for a particular region.

  • When scientists talk about climate, they're looking at averages of precipitation, temperature, humidity, sunshine, wind velocity, phenomena such as fog, frost, and hail storms, and other measures of the weather that occur over a long period in a particular place.

  • For example, you can expect snow in the Northeast in January or for it to be hot and humid in the Southeast in July. This is climate. The climate record also includes extreme values such as record high temperatures or record amounts of rainfall. If you’ve ever heard your local weather person say “today we hit a record high for this day,” she is talking about climate records.

what's the difference between weather and climate?

The difference between weather and climate is a measure of time.In most places, weather can change from minute-to-minute, hour-to-hour, day-to-day, and season-to-season. Climate, however, is the average of weather over time and space.

I hope you understand the topic today and enjoyed studying science :>

That's all! Thank you~

 

references:

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/noaa-n/climate/climate_weather.html

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/weather_climate.html

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