Is climate and weather the same thing?

Answer 1

Climate refers to the Temperatures and the general Weather Conditions, example: in Malta (my country) the climate is mild with temperatures ranging between 3 - 13 degrees Celcius in Winter and 21 - 39 degrees Celcius in Summer and most of the year it is humid and hot- this is climate.

Weather refers to the current conditions forecasted; example currently in Malta it is 18 degrees Celcius, with some high clouds but there is no forecast to rain.

Answer 2

Sometimes tv meteorologists misuse them but climate is the general temerature of the area... weather describes the current environment more specifically than climate would.

For example: The climate there is cold and miserable. The weather there is heavy snow and in the mid-20's.

Answer 3

nope and here is the differences.

The climate (from ancient Greek: κλίμα, "clime") is commonly considered to be the weather averaged over a long period of time, typically 30 years. Somewhat more precisely, the concept of "climate" also includes the statistics of the weather — such as the degree of day-to-day or year-to-year variation expected. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC) glossary definition is:

Climate in a narrow sense is usually defined as the “average weather”, or more rigorously, as the statistical description in terms of the mean and variability of relevant quantities over a period of time ranging from months to thousands or millions of years. The classical period is 30 years, as defined by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). These quantities are most often surface variables such as temperature, precipitation, and wind. Climate in a wider sense is the state, including a statistical description, of the climate system.[1]

Weather is a term that encompasses phenomena in the atmosphere of a planet. The term is normally taken to mean the activity of these phenomena over short periods of time, usually no more than a few days. Average atmospheric conditions over significantly longer periods are known as climate. Usage of the two terms often overlaps and the physical concepts underlying them are closely related.

Answer 4

No, weather is everyday the climate is on a much wider spectrum. (Eg: years of weather patterns makes the climate.)

Answer 5

Climate refers to a long term environment

Weather is short term

Answer 6

I see climate as 'all over' and weather as local

Answer 7

no