Weather is an everyday event in the atmosphere.

It includes atmospheric phenomena such

temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity, wind speed and direction, sunshine, cloudiness, and
precipitation.

Climate is the atmospheric behavior at a specific location over a long period of time.

The major components of the weather are:

Temperature- it is the measure of hotness or coldness that can be expressed in Fahrenheit, Celsius, or
Kelvin.

Atmospheric pressure- it is the force exerted by the mass of atmosphere as the gravity pulls it down the
earth’s surface.

Wind- it is a moving air caused by uneven air pressure within the atmosphere because of sun’s heat and
earth’s rotation movements.

Humidity- it is the amount of water vapor in the air.

Precipitation- it is the liquid and solid water forms in the atmosphere that falls from the cloud.

Cloudiness- it is the amount of sky covered by the clouds in a specific location.

Weather and climate both refer to the atmospheric conditions at a specific location. On the other hand,
weather refers to the atmospheric behavior over a short period of time at a given area while climate
refers to a long-term weather condition of a given area. Thus, climate is time-dependent while weather
can change over a minute, hour or day.