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weather

Term · Meteorology and atmospheric science · MLC-T-MET-003056

The state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc. Weather refers to these conditions at a given point in time (e.g., today's high temperature), whereas Climate refers to the "average" weather conditions for an area over a long period of time (e.g., the average high temperature for today's date).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-MET-003056
FieldMeteorology and atmospheric science
ReferencesNWS Glossary
See alsoweathering; Weather system
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-003056",
  "term": "weather",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definition": "The state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc. Weather refers to these conditions at a given point in time (e.g., today's high temperature), whereas Climate refers to the \"average\" weather conditions for an area over a long period of time (e.g., the average high temperature for today's date).",
  "see_also": [
    "weathering",
    "Weather system"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NWS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/weather/"
}

Record 3,055 of 3,164 in Meteorology and atmospheric science terminology (MLC-0110). Request the full dataset.