CLIMA / WEATHER

Weather Expressions

• ¿Qué tiempo hace?/ What's the weather like?
• ¿Cómo está el tiempo?/ How is the weather?

In Spanish, one of the most common verbs to describe weather conditions is estar/ to be.

EXAMPLES

• Está soleado./ It's sunny.
• Está nublado./ It's cloudy.
• Está fresco./ It's cool.
• Está húmedo./ It's humid.
• El tiempo está feo./ The weather is bad.
• Está cálido./ It's warm.
• Está templado./It's mild or fair.
• Está tempestuoso./ It's stormy.
• Está lloviendo.( Llueve)./ It's raining.
• Está nevando. (Nieva)./ It's snowing.
• Está granizando. (Graniza)./ It's hailing.
• Está despejado./ It's clear.
• Está oscuro./ It's dark.

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2. Another common verb is hacer/ to make.

EXAMPLES

• Hace calor./ It's hot.
• Hace frío./ It's cold.
• Hace buen tiempo./ The weather is nice.
• Hace mal tiempo./ The weather is bad.

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3. Another verb is haber/ there is.

EXAMPLES

• Hay viento./ It's windy.
• Hay niebla./ It's foggy.
• Hay alta presión./ There is high pressure.
• Hay baja presión./ There is low pressure.
• Hay relámpagos./ There is lightening.
• Hay tormenta./ There is a thunderstorm.