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good, great, nice, beautiful, lovely, fine, fair, clear, pleasant, terrific;
bad, awful, terrible, nasty, lousy, foul, rotten, miserable, unpleasant, dull;
sunny, warm, hot; mild, cool; cold, freezing, icy, frosty;
cloudy, overcast; foggy, smoggy;
rainy, wet, humid; dry, arid;
windy, calm, windless;
The weather is good today. The sky is clear, the sun is shining and birds are singing.
The weather is bad today. The wind is blowing and it is getting colder.
It's raining. / The rain is falling.
It's snowing. / The snow is falling.
It's terrible outside. The snow is melting and the roads are slippery.
Sunshine
warm sun, hot sun, blazing sun, Indian summer, sunlight, sunrays, sunbeams;
Fog
fog, mist, haze, smog, dew;
Rain
rain, rainfall, heavy rain, pouring rain, shower, downpour, deluge, rainstorm;
drizzle, hail, sleet, raindrop, rainbow;
Snow
snow, snowfall, heavy snow, snowstorm, blizzard;
snowflake, snowdrift / snowbank; frost, ice, icicle;
Wind
wind, breeze, strong wind, light wind, a gust of wind;
windstorm, tropical storm, hurricane, whirlwind, tornado, typhoon, dust storm, sandstorm;
Thunder and lightning
thunderstorm, thunder, a clap of thunder, a thunderclap, a bolt of thunder, a thunderbolt;
lightning, a bolt of lightning, a flash of lightning;
Seasons
winter, spring, summer, autumn / the fall;
Disasters
earthquake, volcano eruption, landslide, avalanche, hurricane;
flood, deluge, tidal wave, tsunami, drought, fire.
weather report, weather forecast, weather man, thermometer, barometer;
climate, temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, 3 inches of snow.
Mainly cloudy with a little drizzle. Slight chance of a rain shower. Northeastern wind at 5 to 10 mph. Temperature below normal in the north and central regions. Near normal for southern regions. Maximum temperature 10°C.
Cold and dry in the morning, warmer later. Windy and increasingly cloudy with sunny periods. 40 percent chance of showers. 58 degrees F (14°C) in the afternoon. Strong wind expected Monday, with temperature in low 50s.
Nature, environment, ecology, air pollution, water pollution, acid rain, the cutting down of forests;
industrial waste, chemical waste, toxic waste, nuclear waste;
the ozone hole, the greenhouse effect, global warming.
Freezing point of water: 32 degrees Fahrenheit, or 0 degrees Celsius;
Boiling point of water: 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or 100 degrees Celsius;
Room temperature: 65-68 degrees Fahrenheit, or 18-20 degrees Celsius;
Nice warm weather: 72-81 degrees Fahrenheit, or 22-27 degrees Celsius;
Cold frosty weather: 0 degrees Fahrenheit, or -18 degrees Celsius;
Normal body temperature (in the mouth): 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, or 37 degrees Celsius;
Normal body temperature (in the armpit): 97.9 degrees Fahrenheit, or 36.6 degrees Celsius;
Illness: 100-104 degrees Fahrenheit, or 38-40 degrees Celsius.
-40 degrees Fahrenheit is -40 degrees Celsius;
-10 degrees Fahrenheit is -23 degrees Celsius;
10 degrees Fahrenheit is -12 degrees Celsius;
20 degrees Fahrenheit is -7 degrees Celsius;
50 degrees Fahrenheit is 10 degrees Celsius;
70 degrees Fahrenheit is 21 degrees Celsius;
86 degrees Fahrenheit is 30 degrees Celsius;
94 degrees Fahrenheit is 34 degrees Celsius.
Water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit.
Water freezes at zero degrees Celsius.
The temperature outside is minus 18 degrees Celsius.
The temperature outside is 18 degrees below zero.
My temperature is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. (ninety-eight-point-six degrees).
My temperature is 36.6 degrees Celsius. (thirty-six-point-six degrees)
C = (F - 32) × 5 : 9
F = C × 9 : 5 + 32
(Phrases for conversation on the topic Weather are listed in the file Weather in the section Phrases.)