Weather Vocab

Daily changes in temperature, cloud cover, and precipitation.

• Weather Map

• Weather

• Climate

• Rain Guage

A scientist who studies weather and climate patterns.

• Rain Gauge

• Weatherologist

• Meteorologist

• Paleontologist

The PATTERN of temperature, cloud cover, and precipitation over the years.

• Weather

• Meteorologist

• Weather Map

• Climate

A map that displays weather patterns.

• Atlas

• Weather Map

• Chart

• Heat Map

An instrument used to determine wind direction and typically mounted on top of buildings.

• Weather Vane

• Windmill

• Anemometer

• Wind Sock

A prediction of future weather patterns.

• Weather

• Weather Map

• Climate

• Forecast

An instrument used to measure rainfall amounts.

• Windmill

• Rain Gauge

• Weather Balloon

• Wind Sock

A weather instrument used to measure weather conditions high in the atmosphere.

• Wind Sock

• Windmill

• Weather Sock

• Weather Balloon

An instrument used to measure wind speeds.

• Anemometer

• Barometer

• Weather Vane

• Weather Sock

An instrument used to measure changes to the pressure of the atmosphere.

• Barometer

• Windmill

• Weather Balloon

• Climate