Fox News Confused

Weather for the Hopelessly Confused

When you watch the weatherman on TV, you often hear about the highs and lows of the day, humidity levels and precipitation. But sometimes on TV you also see advertisements for places to vacation claiming that their location has a hot and sunny beach climate or a cold and snowy location that is great for skiing. If climate and weather both describe temperature and precipitation, what is the difference?
Weather is "the conditions in the atmosphere in a certain place during a certain time. Weather is always changing [emphasis mine]."


Climate is "what the weather is generally like over long periods of time, such as years or decades in a particular area. A place that has little rainfall has a dry climate, and a place that has high temperatures has a hot climate."

Got that Fox? Hope this little primer helps. Or just a little to complicated for you talking heads. Of course reality many times does not get the big laugh now does it.