1. Weather and Climate Vocabulary
3-5 Grade

2. Rain Gauge
An Instrument Used To Measure The Amount of Rainfall

3. Windsock
An instrument used to show the direction of wind and measure the speed

4. Thermometer
An instrument used to measure how hot or cold something is

5. Barometer
An instrument that measures air pressure

6. Weather
Describes the condition of the atmosphere such as temperature, cloud cover, wind speed, and rainfall

7. Climate
Average weather conditions of a region year after year

8. Rain, Snow, Sleet, or Hail that falls from the clouds in the sky
Precipitation
Rain, Snow, Sleet, or Hail that falls from the clouds in the sky

9. Trend
Show an increasing number of events

10. Data
Pieces of Information

11. Humidity
The amount of water vapor in the air

12. Typical
Usual, Average

13. Warm Front
The location where a warm air mass is replacing a cooler air mass.

14. Cold Front
The location where a cold air mass is replacing a warm air mass.

15. Air Pressure
A force applied by the weight of air.

16. Global Warming
A rise in the average temperatures of Earth’s air and oceans

17. Season
Several months during the year that have similar temperatures

18. High Pressure H
High and Dry with Sunny Skies

19. Low Pressure L
Cloudy, Stormy

20. High and Low Pressure Weather Map