The British, in particular, are very fond of discussing the weather! Here are a collection of expressions you will find useful.
Weather conditions
| what's the weather like? |
| it's … |
| sunny |
| cloudy |
| windy |
| foggy |
| stormy |
| it's … |
| raining |
| hailing |
| snowing |
| what a nice day! |
| what a beautiful day! |
| it's not a very nice day |
| what a terrible day! |
| what miserable weather! |
| it's starting to rain |
| it's stopped raining |
| it's pouring with rain |
| it's raining cats and dogs |
| the weather's fine |
| the sun's shining |
| there's not a cloud in the sky |
| the sky's overcast |
| it's clearing up |
| the sun's come out |
| the sun's just gone in |
| there's a strong wind |
| the wind's dropped |
| that sounds like thunder |
| that's lightning |
| we had a lot of heavy rain this morning |
| we haven't had any rain for a fortnight |
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Temperatures
| what's the temperature? |
| it's 22°C |
| temperatures are in the mid-20s |
| what temperature do you think it is? |
| probably about 30°C |
| it's … |
| hot |
| cold |
| baking hot |
| freezing |
| freezing cold |
| it's below freezing |
The weather forecast
| what's the forecast? |
| what's the forecast like? |
| it's forecast to rain |
| it's going to freeze tonight |
| it looks like rain |
| it looks like it's going to rain |
| we're expecting a thunderstorm |
| it's supposed to clear up later |
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