Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Differences Between Weather and Climate

Weather 
  • Weather is the overall state of the atmosphere on a times-scale of minutes to months, wit particular emphasis on those atmospheric phenomena that affects human activity.
  • It is the condition of the atmosphere at a particular instance.
  • It takes into consideration the conditions over a few days to a week.
  • All the short-term day-to-day condition of the atmosphere involving a description of rainfall, humidity, pressure, temperature, cloud cover and winds.
  • Weather may change from day to day and is usually expressed with descriptive data.


Climate

  • The long-term atmospheric characteristics of a specified area. The characteristics are usually represented using numerical data on meteorological elements such as rainfall, temperature, wind, pressure and humidity. 
  •  Refers to the average as well as the highest and lowest rate of temperature, pressure, rainfall, cloud cover, etc. over a period of at least thirty years.
  • The climate of a place is a description of the average weather conditions that occur there, measured over a long period of time, usually thirty years. 




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