What is the difference between weather and climate?

What is the difference between weather and climate?

What is the difference between weather and climate?

Weather:

  • Weather is the hour to hour, day to day, state of the atmosphere.
  • It is what is currently happening in the atmosphere rather than what is expected to be happening.

Climate:

  • Climate is an average weather condition for a certain place and the average is of over 30 years or more.
  • It is what is expected to be happening rather than the actual conditions.
Weather and climate

Anticyclones

Anticyclones

Weather and climate

Britain's climate

Britain's climate

Weather and climate

Depressions

Depressions

Weather and climate

Hurricanes

Hurricanes

Weather and climate

Rainfall

Rainfall

Weather and climate

UK water supply

UK water supply