Many people have a hard time differentiatingweather and climate. Some of them believe that these expressions represent the same thing, but we know this is not true. Note the sentences below:
Phrase 1: Today it rained a lot.
Sentence 2: It is very cold in this region during this time of year.
Sentence 3: Gosh! How much snow around here!
Sentence 4: This region looks like a desert, it hardly ever rains!
These statements are from situations relating to climate (climatic) and weather (meteorological). But can you tell which one refers to which type?
Phrases 1 and 3 refer to the weather and phrases 2 and 4 refer to the weather. This becausetime is the momentary state of the atmosphere, While climate is the fixed set of weather variations over a long period.
Don't forget: time refers to something fleeting, a momentary state; on the other hand, the climate is related to something more or less permanent or that lasts longer.
When I say it's raining today, I'm referring to the weather. When I say that every year, between the months of August and January, it usually rains in a given place, I am referring to the weather.
Therefore, when we talk about time, we are referring to something that changes from one day to the next, or even from one hour to another. On the other hand, when we talk about weather, we are referring to something more routine, which tends to be repeated over the years.
At weather forecasts are responsible for telling us what the time tomorrow, whether it will rain or not, whether it will be cold or not.
already the weather forecasts try to tell us how the climate in a few years, whether the planet will be warmer or colder, whether the rains will be more frequent or less intense, etc.
By Rodolfo Alves Pena
Graduated in Geography
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