Published by Aparna on 04 Jan 2008 at 04:39 pm
Weather & Climate
I have often wondered why many generally use the words climate and weather interchangeably.
Quoting the meaning given in the dictionary.com from The American Heritage Science Dictionary,
Weather - The state of the atmosphere at a particular time and place. Weather is described in terms of variable conditions such as temperature, humidity, wind velocity, precipitation, and barometric pressure. The average weather conditions of a region over time are used to define a region’s climate.
Climate - The general or average weather conditions of a certain region, including temperature, rainfall, and wind.
Why do many say that the climate on a particular day is nice or bad when weather is the word that should be used? Talking about weather, I hate the weather in Chennai today! I wish it would stop raining. Roads are so messy.
SK on 04 Jan 2008 at 7:37 pm #
I know! I have heard people saying, oh the climate is so nice today!
Sathej on 05 Jan 2008 at 8:19 am #
I knew this before
- honestly remember my Geography classes…. and yes, I say the weather is nice today, not the climate:)
Sathej
th?attle » Saucy Ketchup on 06 Jan 2008 at 4:57 pm #
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