Weather Vocabulary

Precipitation

100

DRIZZLE

light rain in very fine drops

200

SLEET

rain containing some snow, when snow melts as it falls

300

HAIL

pellets of frozen rain

400

DOWNPOUR

heavy fall of rain

500

STELLAR CRYSTALS, PLATES

types of snowflakes

Temperature

100

BLAZING

very hot

200

SCORCHING

very hot

300

SUB-ZERO

freezing

400

CHILLY or CHILLI

chilly

500

CELSIUS was a Swedish/Danish scientist.

Swedish

Atmosphere

100

MIST

water droplets in the atmosphere

200

HAZE

worse visibility in the lower atmosphere

300

VAPOUR

liquid suspended in the air

400

DAMPNESS

humidity

500

77 percent

average humidity in Czechia

People

100

FORECASTER

someone who predicts weather

200

CLIMATOLOGIST

someone who studies long-tearm weather patterns

300

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

lightning rod

400

Teisserenc de Bort WAS THE FIRST TO USE A ...

FOR MEASURING ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE.

weather balloon

500

Evangelista Torricelli INVENTED A DEVICE FOR MEASURING ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE.

barometer

Extreme Weather

100

HIGHEST EVER RECORDED TEMPERATURE IN CZECHIA

40,4

200

AVERAGE OF MINUS 50 DEGREES

Oymyakon, Russia

300

223 km/h

strongest wind in Czechia

400

12 cm in diameter

biggest hailstones in Czechia

500

+ 18 DEGREES, Mánesovy sady, Ústí

highest temperature in January (ever)