Let’s talk about weather!

The following words and expressions will help you investigate and compare weather data!

Temperature	degrees Celsius (°C), maximum ≠ minimum temperature, high ≠ low temperature, hot, warm, mild, cool, cold, freezing, temperature range	The temperature is 18°C. The maximum temperature is 22°C. It is cold today. The temperature ranges from 12°C to 20°C.
Wind	wind speed, wind direction, light ≠ strong wind, calm, breezy, windy, gust, gusty	It is windy today. The wind speed is 25 km/h. The wind is coming from the north. There are strong gusts of wind.
Humidity	relative humidity, high ≠ low humidity, humid ≠ dry, water vapour	The relative humidity is 70%. The air is humid. Humidity is high today. The air feels dry.
Precipitation	rain, rainfall, drizzle, showers, heavy ≠ light rain, snow, hail, chance of rain	There is a chance of rain. Light rain is expected. There will be heavy showers this afternoon. Rainfall is 10 mm.
Cloud cover	cloudy, clear, partly cloudy, overcast	The sky is clear. It is partly cloudy. There are dark clouds in the sky. The sky is overcast.

Weather measurements are the data we record, such as temperature in °C, wind speed in km/h, relative humidity in % and rainfall in mm.

Talking about data The highest temperature is ... . The lowest temperature is ... . The wind speed is ... km/h. The temperature rises/falls from ... to ... . According to the weather report, ... . The weather map shows ... .	Comparing places It is warmer in ... than in ... . ...  is colder than ... . The temperature in ... is higher/lower than in ... . Both places are ... . Unlike ... , ... is ... . The biggest difference is ... .
Making observations and asking questions	I notice that ... . I can see ... on the weather map. I wonder why ... . What is the temperature in ... ? Is it warmer in Greece or France? How does the weather change from one region to another?