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Master List for Describing Weather
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A lot of writers struggle with describing settings. I’ve written before about how to describe settings and why it matters , but a few people have told me they’d like me to do some of my master lists for writers to help them out!
I have a weird love for creating lists like this, so I’m happy to do it. “How to describe weather” seemed like a good place to start. This way, you won’t get stuck trying to figure out how to describe nice weather, or thinking up ways to describe rain. Hopefully, this will make your writing go faster.
I always include simple as well as more creative ways to describe or write about weather. Sometimes, the simple word is the one you want! I included dryness and humidity in a few of the categories because it felt weird for them to get their own.
As always, this is not a comprehensive list, and I might add to it. My list will probably make you think of other possibilities, too. Bookmark or pin it for future writing reference!
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HOT WEATHER
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blazing sunshine
glaring sun
baking in the sun
sun-drenched
scorching heat
extravagant heat
relentless sun
like a suana
dense tropical heat
radiating heat
blistering heat
oppressive heat
insufferable heat
suffocating heat
heat pressing down
searing sun
shimmering heat
like an oven
like a furnace
WARM / PLEASANT WEATHER
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(“Pleasant” is a matter of opinion, of course.)
a beautiful day
a clear day
a temperate day
a golden day
a glorious day
heavenly weather
bright and sunny
a gorgeous spring day
a dazzling summer day
a brilliant autumn day
a vivid blue sky
a cloudless sky
fluffy white clouds
gentle sunshine
lazy sunshine
kind sunshine
filtered sunlight
dappled sunlight
welcome warmth
one of those rare, perfect days
the kind of day that made people forget to worry
the kind of day that lifted people’s moods
COOL WEATHER
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refreshing air
stimulating cool air
invigorating cool air
bracing cool air
a nip in the air
a brisk day
a chilly day
weak sunshine
GRAY / OVERCAST WEATHER
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(Most people don’t like gray days, so most of these descriptions are negative. I love them, so I had to add a few positive descriptions.)
colorless sky
a soft gray sky
a dove-gray sky
a gray day made for books and tea
steel-gray sky
granite sky
cement-gray sky
threatening clouds
foreboding clouds
COLD WEATHER
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glacial air
bitter cold
brutal cold
bone-chilling cold
penetrating cold
devastating cold
numbing cold
punishing cold
dangerous cold
unforgiving cold
too cold to talk
so cold it burned one’s lungs
so cold it took one’s breath away
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like a blast from a hair dryer
a gust of wind
insistent winds
heavy winds
strong winds
cutting wind
whipping winds
biting wind
wintry squall
violent gale
howling wind
shifting winds
restless wind
fresh breeze
soft breeze
balmy breeze
perfumed breeze
slight breeze
hint of a breeze
stirring breeze
wind rustling through the trees
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fine drizzle
gray drizzle
pebbles of falling rain
spitting rain
stinging rain
steady rain
rain falling in torrents
cascades of rain
rain beating down
shower of rain
sheets of rain
hard-driving rain
pelting rain
lashing rain
slashing rain
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING
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rumbling in the distance
a roll of distant thunder
crash of thunder
crackle of thunder
crack of thunder
clap of thunder
bang of thunder
booming thunder
rattled with thunder
earth-shaking thunder
tempestuous
a furious storm
flash of lightning
streaks of lightning
SNOW AND ICE
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flurries of snow
dancing flakes
snowflakes floating down
snowflakes wafting down
swirling snow
falling thick and fast
big flakes falling like petals
blinding snowstorm
raging blizzard
sparkling expanses
blankets of white
caked with snow
boulders of snow
branches coated in ice
glittering ice
crystallized by frost
silvered with frost
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clouds of mist
swirling mist
billowing fog
cloaked in mist
cocooned in fog
shrouded in fog
enveloped by fog
smothered by fog
made mysterious by fog
the fog rolled in
the fog was burning off
the fog was lifting
the fog was clearing
the fog was dissipating
I have many lists like this in my book Master Lists for Writers: Thesauruses, Plots, Character Traits, Names, and More . Check it out!
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Do you describe weather conditions in your writing? Do you have a favorite example of a weather description? Let me know in the comments! Thanks for reading, and happy writing!
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In my current WIP, weather is a crucial element. Not only is the woman in the romance a professional photographer — of weather — but it is a weather phenomenon, namely a tornado, that brings them together. So the description of the sky and the weather is quite detailed in places (specially as the supercell storm roars down on them).
On another angle, the phrase “gloriously sunny” is one that despite having that horrible “ly” adverb (shudder) is so evocative of the type of weather and the POV character’s attitude (and possibly even the type of weather that has gone before), that it’s powerful. It says a huge amount with only two words.
Hi Chris! Oh, wow…that’s a lot more detailed than most of us ever get in writing about the weather. It sounds like a great premise!
I will need this list as I begin edits next month on my WIP. I currently live in Hawaii, but am writing a story at Christmas time in Vermont. 🙂 Thank you!
Aw, nice! That’s some very different weather from what you’re used to. 🙂
It really is! And traveling to the climate I need isn’t ideal right now. So, off to the freezer I go! 🙂
Wow! This is fantastic. Thanks. You ARE a master at this.
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This is comprehensive! It’s bookmarked for future use. Thanks!
Thanks, Steve, I’m glad you liked it!
Amazing list that goes beyond the words that I struggle with – especially describing the rain-painted setting of Snowdonia.
Love your lists. You don’t have one for beaches by any chance? Would this, including the weather be another book by any chance??
Hi, Nicole! It’s funny you should ask. 🙂 I am going to release a second, more expanded version of MASTER LISTS FOR WRITERS . It’s going to have several setting descriptions in there (including a whole list for beaches!), and the weather list will be in there, too! I’m hoping to get it done before November of this year, but we’ll see. Thanks for asking!
That’s awesome and look forward to it’s release.
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I am in Chinan. I happened to enter this web-link and want to learn more about writing, I wonder if there are any descriptive passages. I can only find some words and expressions…
That was really useful. Thank you!
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This list is fabulous. Thank you for sharing it. I will be consulting it when incorporating weather elements into writing my next picture book.
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160+ Ways to Describe Weather
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I keep a collection of descriptions that have pulled me into the books I read. I’m fascinated how authors can–in just a few words–put me in the middle of their story and make me want to stay there. This one’s 160+ Ways to Describe Weather.
A note: These are for inspiration only . They can’t be copied because they’ve been pulled directly from an author’s copyrighted manuscript (intellectual property is immediately copyrighted when published).
- Evening shadows deepened into blue and purple.
- The shadows retreated.
- Sun was sinking toward the horizon, the pitiless white ball now an angry orange.
- Fading afternoon in early June
- Evening sky had turned to molten brass.
- Sun still cast a faint yellow light through Slowly gathering evening.
- Daylight had begun to drain away.
- one-quarter of a moonlit night
- silver-white moon hung
- A half-moon rests in the fronds over our heads.
- watching the horizon drain of color
- The shadows slipped up the rocks as though the world were drowning in darkness.
- deepening shadows made it a city of ghosts
- barely visible in the fading light
- the high heavens
- Darkness settled around him.
- The shadows slipped up the rocks.
- Evening was crisp already, the last of sunset just a fading pale stripe in the western sky.
- darkening river
- the moon golden at dawn, turn purple just before sunset in the rainy season, sometimes has white and black stripes created by volcanic ash, calm and clear sometimes attended by only a single cloud
- humpback shapes of conical hills
- The last rays of sun skimmed the surface.
- late afternoon sun
- velvety darkness
- night shattered like a mirror
- the Southern Cross lying on its side, the green meadow bathed in the humid light of the sinking sun
- The corners have just about disappeared into the shadows.
- black branches that traced the blue-black heavens overhead
- far away down the night sky
- full moon a pale blue-white disk
- night sky dull black
- Stars were remote pinpricks.
- a half-moon rests in the fronds over our heads
- inky blackness
- Thick clouds blotted out the stars.
- A thin layer of clouds masked the full moon, filling the room with blue light.
- Sun cast a luminescent glow.
- The day was out of sync with his mood.
- beautiful, 82 degrees, mild breeze, cloudless sunshine, a day for looking at a ball game
- The air was cool but the sun was out.
- The wind blew itself out overnight.
- a web of clouds, back-lit by the failing sun, mist billowed through the trees and over the fields and hung low in the air, masking the camp in a ghostly gray
- towering thunder clouds
- Clouds threatening, but no rain predicted the 45-mile per hour gusts of drizzly wind.
- brown cloud that passes for air
- a wedge of sunlight bursting past the narrow window
- The wind was icy and withering.
- Heads bowed against the gusting wind.
- Grit grated in his teeth. Dust was everywhere, blowing on the wind, leaving its scent in his nostrils.
- as dust motes drifted
- thirty miles over the horizon
- razor edge of the horizon
- cinder dust and gloom
- The haze floated over the crowd like smoke from a doused fire.
- Sun hanging in a pink haze of clouds and smog.
- Fog yellowed by agricultural burning.
- Fog began to billow across the road in a great grey mass like the effluent of a thousand smokestacks. The building was only a shadowy form, almost entirely lost to view.
- Headlamps of cars did little to pierce the gloom.
- The mist floated like smoke out of the cypress in the swamp.
- dark clouds drifting over the hills
- night was pitch
- slice of sky
- thick clouds blotted out the stars
- a thin layer of clouds masked the full moon, filling the room with blue light
- cool restful shady world with light filtering lazily through the treetops that meet high overhead and shut out the direct sunlight
- saw the anvil of cloud coming in. “A thunderstorm.”
- Cumulus clouds falling down to the…
- A light breeze whispered through the trees.
- cloud shadows
- first cumulus clouds darkening into thunderheads
- hold humidity like a sponge holds water
- thick heat of the growing morning
- fierce humidity
- windless heat
- It was surprisingly hot. He could feel the sweat roll down his sides and the dampness of the box up against his chest.
- Even with the breeze, the air remained thick and hot, and it stills tank of petroleum.
- sky as gray-white and sunless
- against the fading layers of orange, yellow
- shoulders hunched against the early morning damp and cool
- fused warm light of dawn now creeping down the summit
- bathed in sunlight
- gold shadow not three inches from his leg
- his breath steaming in the air
- Snow pelted his face and he pulled up the collar of his overcoat to further shield him from the bitter weather.
- rubbed his arms
- A harsh winter wind blew out of a midnight sky. It roared out of the frigid north and thrashed the brooking forest. The force of it bent trees, whipping their bare branches like angry lashes. Shrieking across the river.
- Cold was like that, seeping through her seven layers of clothing, attacking seams and zipper tracks and spots of thin insulation. The exposed skin on her face felt as if it had been touched with lit cigarettes.
- frigid Friday morning
- swirling snow
- winter’s naked branches created a black tracework
- The sun was climbing out of the deep well of winter, but it was still brutally cold.
- winter colors daubed the land in colors of brown and gray
- sunny, crisp and cool
- The crisp air and clear sky energized his thoughts.
Rainy weather
- grey wet morning
- rain-swept and unpleasantly chilly
- A flurry of rain stung my face.
- Cold rain was beating down on my windshield.
- The sky was leaden.
- Downpour started in the early evening and continued on through the night, a heavy pelting of water that thundered against rooftops and drowned out the sound of all else. By morning, city streets were shallow rivers rushing toward the ocean.
- Rain ran down the window, the streets gleamed.
- damp paving stones
- By the time it reaches the ground, it has spent its energy.
- windshield wipers barely keeping up with the cold, hard rain
- The rain came steady and cold against the windshield and rattled on the roof of the car.
- turned her head away and looked out my window, where it had gotten dark and shiny with the lights glistening off the rain.
- The maple trees were black and slick in the rain, their bare branches shiny. The flower bed was a soggy matting of dead stems.
- The sky was low and gray.
- Air was swollen.
- the rain was steady and warm and vertical
- drizzly rain
- The sleety rain drizzled down, not very hard and not very fast, but steady.
- Rain came down so hard it almost hurt, stinging the skin and blowing into the eyes and nose and mouth, but in the forest its fall is broken by the trees.
- saw a distant flash of lightning, counted the seconds, and then said, “six miles, more or less.”
People in hot weather:
- Heat wave hit, temperatures went soaring.
- The heat hit them like a hand in the face.
- strode into the dusk, into the stifling heat
- The heat smacked the grin off his face.
- Burst back into the blistering hot sun. Sweat immediately beaded across her brow. She could feel her T-shirt glue itself stickily to her skin.
- I could feel the sweat form along my backbone and trickle down.
- She slogged forward, feeling blotches of dark gray sweat bloom across the front of her T-shirt, while more trailed down the small of her back.
- slogging across pavement as hot as ash in August.
- white dress shirt, sharply pressed this morning, was now plastered against his chest
- already short of breath, his lungs laboring as they headed down the path
- still wrung out from working in the heat
- Take your shirt off. Pop your underwear in the freezer. Dump a tray of ice cubes on your bed. Throw back some chilled vodka shots before you go to sleep.
- The semi-drought slowly draining the life out of the grass and trees.
- Only 7 in the morning, and already stocky hot. *** had a sheen across his forehead.
- Sweat tricked from his forehead which he wiped with the back of his knotted, callused hand.
- hundred degree heat, burning sun and parching salt
- ninety-five outside, probably a hundred in the car. Not great weather for polyester suits
- a fresh drop of sweat teared up on her brow and made a slow, wet path down the plane of her cheek
- walking through a hair dryer
- The heat slammed her like a blow.
- *** cranked the air-conditioning. She stripped off her sweat-soaked clothes, climbed into the shower and scrubbed.
- answered the phone while used the other hand to wipe the sweat from the back of her neck. God this heat was unbearable. The humidity level had picked up on Sunday and hadn’t done a thing to improve since.
- *** thin green sundress was already plastered to her body while she could feel fresh dewdrops of moisture trickle stickily down between her breast.
- Cradled the phone closer to her damp ear
- Her face shiny with sweat.
- Summer sun remained a brilliant, blinding white. No shade existed for miles and the heat rising up from the baked earth was brutal.
- The summer heat came off the tarmac in waves.
Hot Weather
- While the mercury climbed to a hundred degrees. Efforts started strong, then petered out. People got hot, got tired, got busy with other things—inside things.
- Seemed to be bracing himself for leaving the cool comfort of air-conditioning behind and bursting once more into the heat
- The heat settled in on them, rolling in like a heavy blanket and pressing them deep into their chairs while their clothing glued to their skin.
- Even my teeth are sweating
- The sun beat down relentlessly; even with the AC cranked up, she could feel the heat.
- She could already feel sweat trickle down her back.
- The sun burned white-hot overhead.
- glass exploding from the heat of the sun
- vanish in the dry season’s brown leaves
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Weaving words so perfectly – Thanks for sharing. And overnight, a transformation. Summer at last.,, .
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These really inspire me. I often read through my collections when I’m stuck.
helped my writing
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Nice collection! A lot of poetic and inventive phrasing there.
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Weather is so many different things to different people. Not surprising I found 160 descriptions of it.
Ha! yes – that got me thinking about the old “Number of words for snow” question, and I found this . As a Scot myself though I have to say I am very, very skeptical of the final claim in that article!
I’ve heard of that, too. Luckily, my folks don’t have that problem but it is truly an issue if you’re writing about present-day groups in snowy lands.
Appreciate your list of ways to describe the weather. Timeless too. Here I am 2 years since your post and inspired by your creativity. Take care, Steve
It is timeless, isn’t it! When I put this list together, it helped me to better appreciate weather.
Impressive list. (Mine, now!) I’m compiling one for similes. Raymond Chandler makes me smile with his off the wall analogies. I recently added a Writing Terms Checklist on my free checklists page. It was too long for a post. Thanks for all you do!
I like checklists. I’ll check yours out!
Hi Jacqui, Thanks for reading my modest post. What an accomplished woman you are! What would we do without words, eh! Cheers. Joy x
Thanks, Joy. I enjoyed your thoughts. It’s amazing what inspired such accomplished writers as the Brontes.
Excellent list, Jacqui. I even get lots of ideas for titles, something I’m always struggling with entering competitions.
I grab these from books I read. You can probably tell I favor thrillers, action. I like ‘weather’ and ‘setting’ to be a character as much as the others.
That’s an amazing compilation. Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks! These sorts of lists inspire me.
An awesome post, Jacqui. Thank you. Weather intrigues. It is joy-filled and sometimes furious. God is bowling upstairs during a thunderstorm. Be well and enjoy the week. ox
Thanks–weather is fascinating. I like when I can feel it through an author’s words.
Indeed and thank you, Jacqui. Word play is an enjoyable activity. We have about seven months of winter, two days of spring and then summer at our end of the pond in Upstate New York. I love my four seasons. Be well.
7 months of winter. I didn’t know NY was that cold! Good to know so I never move there!
Jacqui, I laughed at your comment. We live near Lake Ontario and Oneida Lake and get frequent lake effect snow storms in winter. When I first moved to this area, I learned about lake effect snowstorms. We have excellent snow removal though so come on over sometime. Colorful in Autumn too.
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These are great, Jacqui! And yes, inspirational. It’s good to see how other authors describe things; it gives ideas on alternates.
It is. There are some very clever minds out there.
What an epic list 😀 Reminds me of a ‘music’ video we were recommended to watch for university called ’50 words for snow.’ It’s fun to think of different ways to describe things!
That must be put out by Eskimos. They know more about snow than anyone I’ve seen.
That’s a long list, Jacqui. So many ways to tell the day. Thanks for sharing this!
It’s one of my longest! Who knew?
That’s a lot of ideas for talking about the weather 🙂
Dinner party chat.
Quite eloquent 🙂
These lists are so inspirational! Thank you for posting this.
It is pretty interesting to view weather through so many literary eyes, innit?
Yes, indeed. I learn so much. 🙂
great list Jacqui. i use the weather regularly in my stories to create a specific mood. thanks for the info.
A bit of unexpected inspiration. Who knew weather was so interesting?
exactly, Jacqui. i also post weather images regularly on instagram. especially the colours of sunrises and sunsets in clouds during different seasons and different weather conditions.
Interesting post, Jacqui. Thanks.
I highlight memorable phrases in the Kindle books I read. Although I no longer transcribe them into a file on my computer (too time-consuming), the mere act of highlighting imprints the phrases in my mind. If an author particularly impresses me, I can scroll through the highlights and reread the highlights for inspiration.
That’s how I do it, too. I like it so well, I’ve migrated from being a print book reader to a Kindle reader.
It’s nice to see the wide variety of language. Not that it is needy. I can describe the weather currently in my area in one word — sucky! 😀
Ah South Korea. It rained most of the time on my one visit there. And no one but me seemed to care!
We’re having a monsoon right now. Don’t remember having a good one of these for a while.
I remember my son telling me July was the typhoon season, which is why we visited in May. Stay safe!
Nothing that crazy. We had a tropical depression pass through, but that’s it. It’s just wet.
I love the idea of keeping a notebook with descriptions that catch your attention. I’m going to start doing this.
Mine is so long,d I added a table of contents with links to the sections! I’m a bit nuts about it.
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I love the way you compile and share these lists with us, Jacqui. They are amazing and so helpful. Can I confess something? I share some of them with my creative writing students, and then give them prompts where they have to include 3 or more things from your lists. Will be interesting to see how I do that with weather. 🙂
This one got a little long. Who knew there were so many clever ways to describe weather?
I am flattered you share them! I would say weather could surprise them.
This one IS long – but weather gives us a lot to talk about and a lot to experience. I love the list. I will say, the prompt my students seem to love the best is. (are you sitting down?) “It was a dark and stormy night…” 🙂
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Thanks for sharing, Marina!
The English should love this…
I would say India not so much. Do you-all get anything other than hot and humid or too-darn-windy?
What a helpful post, Jacqui! It reminds me of how we can put effort into our descriptions.
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Ooh, sorry I missed that. I just went over and replied and then emailed my info to you. How exciting!
Reblogged this on quirkywritingcorner and commented: I love her lists of descriptions. I hope you find them as helpful as I do.
Thanks for sharing this! It puts to bed any thought that weather is boring, doesn’t it?
That’s quite a collection, Jacqui. Isn’t it amazing that each of us can conjure something unique?
It is! Next time you don’t know what to say to someone, you can eruditely talk about the weather!
That’s so funny. Weather ‘small’ talk. Who would’ve thought. 😂
Great post. That’s a wonderful collection
Thank you so much, Luisa. It’s hard to make weather interesting but some very clever authors have done just that.
Jacqui, I love this post. The more I have been reading, the more I recognize how important it is for authors to paint a picture in your mind. To be able to put you right in the middle of the books setting. Sometimes when my mind has trailed off the story, it is descriptions like these that put my mind right back in.
That’s true, innit. A little inspiration to start your day.
I love your descriptions of weather and the times of day. Such descriptions can help add a sense of time in a story (just as the phases of the moon or the stars can create time (crescent moon in evening is aa new waxing moon, crescent moon in morning before sunrise is a waxing moon just before the “dark of the moon” which are the three days the moon is in the shadow of the earth. As for stars: Orion in winter, Scorpus in summer, etc). The dog star in Canis Major, Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, rising in late summer (as it rises just before daylight) is linked to “dog days” of summer…
I also like the old graveside prayer that describes the end of life: “until the shadows lengthen and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, then in thy mercy grant us a safe lodging and a holy rest and peace at last.”
What a wonderful poem. I’ve copied it. It captures so much of the fear and hope.
Thanks for these awesome examples, Jacqui! Saving and sharing…
It’s always fun to talk about the weather, innit?
New Jersey weather: moist ‘n’ icky.
Good description, especially the ‘icky’.
I calls ‘em like I sees ‘em.
Oh my, Jacqui. I love your lists and that’s a good long one. Great thought starters. Thanks for sharing your collection!
Since we-all know we must cover weather, I thought these were clever asnd interesting ways to do that!
Ha ha ha. I love weather. 😀
Right now there is only one way to describe the weather here in my city: hot
Here, too, though I have an excellent fan in my home office.
Some great phrases here, Jacqui. I am reading The Long Walk by Bachman/King at the moment and that has some very descriptive phrases in it.
Oooh, I’ll have to look at him. I love nature writers.
It’s not a nature book, it is a dark psychological horror.
Woah! OK, that’s different!
Darn! All the things I was about to write! 😀
Hehee. These are beyond most of what I write but I’ve seen what you turn out. Excellent.
Wonderful post!
Thanks, Ed. Food for thought…
A lot, just wonderful and so helpful.
My goodness …. can I just say ‘HOT’ … luckily today it’s cooler with a sea breeze … I need to read them all – clever and thank you! Cheers Hilary
Hot works. Absolutely.
Hahaha can I just say HOT, or the weather outside is weather yeah?
What a wonderful list, Jacqui! These are descriptions that always make me pause and reread them to fully enjoy them. They do draw the reader deep the story. I enjoyed reading these, thanks:)
Thanks! They do that for me, too, and that’s why I couldn’t just read and move on. I had to note them!
Some of these are quite lovely. Thanks for sharing.
If you recognized them from your outdoors scenes, feel free to add a note!
I actually didn’t recognize any of them. 🤔
OMG, Jacqui. What an amazing list Thanks for sharing.
It’s really nice for those whose plots take place outdoors a lot!
BTW, finished your book. Couldn’t stop reading. Wonderful.
Thank you, Jacqui. You put a smile on my face:)
Wow, great post. Bookmarking.
Amazing how much there is to say about the weather, innit?
I love weather, the seasons, earth and sky. There were some lovely gems in this collection. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, Mae. I didn’t used to think much about the weather until I had to write about it, and make it interesting! These really struck me.
A terrific resource Jacqui. Thank you.
Thanks so much, Brigid. I couldn’t believe how many weather descriptors I had!
Nice information thanks
Thanks! Everyone writes about weather, right?
Great list, Jacqui. Thanks so much for sharing.
Thanks, Jill. Who says weather isn’t interesting? Hmm??
I think I’d like to be a meteorologist in my next life. 🙂
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Thanks for sharing!
Wow this is very educative
I love how some writers weave their words so perfectly.
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101 Words To Describe Weather
Writers know that using the weather in their descriptions is a great way to make stories more relatable. Use this comprehensive list of words that describe weather when you write.
Writers Write is a resource for writers and we have written about words that describe taste , smell , sound , and touch in previous posts. (We even have one for words that describe colours .) In this post, I have included words that describe weather.
Weather is a wonderful tool for writers. We can use it to foreshadow , create a mood , complicate a plot , show a character , and increase or decrease the pace of a story. We can even use it as a motif .
A setting without the weather is like a character without a wardrobe.
Remember that we need to describe weather through our characters’ interactions with their environments. We should not describe it like a weather report. You could show how cold it is by the clothes they choose to wear or mention the weather in dialogue.
Whatever you do, don’t leave it out. There are unintended consequences to a lack of setting , including a static character, a lack of atmosphere, an inability for the reader to relate to the place and time in the story, and a lack of details.
What Is Weather?
According to Oxford it is ‘the state of the atmosphere at a particular place and time as regards heat, cloudiness, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.’
Words To Describe Weather
General words describing weather.
- climate – the type of weather that a country or region has
- climate change – changes in the earth’s weather, including changes in temperature, wind patterns and rainfall, especially the increase in the temperature of the earth’s atmosphere that is caused by the increase of particular gases, especially carbon dioxide
- meteorology – the scientific study of weather
- seasonal – suitable or typical of the time of year it is now
- spell – a period when there is a particular type of weather
- weather forecast – a report on likely weather conditions for a period of time in the future
- zone – one of the large areas that the world is divided into according to its temperature
Words Describing Warm Weather
- balmy – warm and pleasant
- blistering – extremely hot in a way that is uncomfortable
- dog days – the hottest days of the year
- heatwave – a continuous period of very hot weather, especially when this is unusual
- Indian summer – a period of warm weather in autumn
- scorcher – an extremely hot day
- sunny – not stormy or cloudy
- thaw – ice and snow turns into water
- the heat – very hot weather
- tropical – like weather near the equator, climate that is frost-free
Words Describing Cold Weather
- bleak – very cold and grey
- biting – so cold that it makes you feel uncomfortable
- brisk – fairly cold and a fairly strong wind is blowing
- crisp – cold and dry
- fresh – fairly cold and the wind is blowing
- frosty – cold enough to produce frost
- hard – a very cold winter
- harsh – extremely cold and unpleasant
- icy – very cold, like ice
- raw – cold and unpleasant
- snowy – covered with snow
Words Describing Pleasant Weather
- calm – very little wind
- clear – no clouds, rain, etc.
- clement – pleasant because it is neither very hot nor very cold
- cloudless – no clouds in the sky
- equable – does not change very much
- fair – pleasant and not raining
- fine – sunny and not raining
- pleasant – dry and neither very hot nor very cold
- still – without wind
- temperate – a temperate climate or region is never extremely hot or extremely cold
- windless – without any wind
Words To Describe Unpleasant Weather
- bone-dry – completely without water or moisture
- fierce – very strong or severe
- foul – unpleasant, with rain, snow, or wind
- gale-force – an extremely strong wind
- gusty – the wind blowing in gusts
- humid – hot and wet in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable
- muggy – warm in an unpleasant way because the air feels wet
- murky – dark and unpleasant because of fog, clouds, etc.
- severe – extremely unpleasant and likely to cause harm or damage
- sultry – the air is hot and slightly wet
- threatening – clouds, skies, or seas show that the weather is likely to be bad
- torrential – rain falling in large amounts
- unseasonable – not the type of weather that you expect in a particular season
- windy – with a lot of wind
Words To Describe Wet & Cloudy Weather
- bank – a large mass of cloud or fog
- billow – a cloud that rises and moves in a large mass
- blizzard – a snowstorm with very strong winds
- cirrocumulus – small round clouds that form lines high in the sky
- cirrostratus – a thin layer of cloud found very high in the sky
- cirrus – a type of thin cloud found very high in the sky
- cloudy – full of clouds
- column – something that rises up into the air in a straight line
- cumulonimbus – a mass of very tall thick cloud that usually brings rain and sometimes thunder
- cumulus – a large low white cloud that is round at the top and flat at the bottom
- dull – when there are a lot of clouds and it is rather dark
- fog – a thick cloud that forms close to the ground or to water and is difficult to see through (fog is thicker than mist)
- fogbound – not able to operate normally because of thick fog
- foggy – full of fog or covered with fog
- gather – if clouds gather, they start to appear and cover part of the sky
- grey – when it is not very bright, because there is a lot of cloud
- hurricane – a violent storm with very strong winds
- inclement – unpleasantly cold or wet
- lower – if clouds lower, they are very dark, as if a storm is coming
- mist – small drops of liquid in the air
- misty – lots of mist in the air
- nimbus – a dark grey rain cloud
- overcast – a sky completely full of clouds
- pall – cloud that covers an area and makes it darker
- pea souper – thick low cloud that prevents you from seeing anything
- scud – clouds moving quickly
- sea mist – a thin low cloud that comes onto the land from the sea
- steam- the wet substance that forms on windows and mirrors when wet air suddenly becomes hot or cold
- storm cloud – a very dark cloud
- squall – a sudden violent gust of wind or localized storm, especially one bringing rain, snow, or sleet.
- thundercloud – a storm cloud producing thunder
- tsunami – an extremely large wave in the sea
- typhoon – a violent tropical storm with very strong winds
- vapour – very small drops of water or other liquids in the air that make the air feel wet
- vog – smog that contains dust and gas from volcanoes
Words To Describe Changes In Weather
- break – if the weather breaks, it changes unexpectedly, and usually becomes worse
- break through – if the sun breaks through the clouds, it appears from behind them
- brighten up – if the weather brightens up, it becomes sunnier
- clear up – if the weather clears up, the clouds or rain go away
- close in – if the weather closes in, it becomes unpleasant
- cloud – to become darker because grey clouds are forming in the sky
- ease – if bad weather such as wind or rain eases, it becomes less strong
- fickle – weather that is fickle changes often and unexpectedly
- lift – if something such as cloud or fog lifts, the weather improves and you can see clearly again
- melt away – if ice or snow melts away, it changes into water as it gets warmer
- thaw – if the weather thaws, it becomes warmer and causes ice or snow to change into liquid
- track – if weather tracks in a particular direction, it moves in that direction
The Last Word
I hope these words that describe weather help you with your writing.
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Describe The Weather In Writing With Better Vocabulary
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When you describe the weather in writing, you set the scene for your story or a part of your story.
It’s an opportunity to show readers the setting rather than tell them about the weather using a couple of quick adjectives.
Using highly descriptive or figurative language and a variety of grammar structures helps you paint the picture vividly in a reader’s mind.
In almost every story, both fiction and nonfiction, there is usually at least one reference to the weather.
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How to describe the weather in writing
We all know this famous opening line from Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s 1830 novel, Paul Clifford.
It was a dark and stormy night.
Many have criticized the phrase, and Writer’s Digest went as far as to call it the literary poster child for bad story starters.
The main issue is that it uses two very weak adjectives: dark and stormy. Neither of them is usefully descriptive.
The second problem with the phrase is that it starts with a grammatical expletive .
When writing about the weather, using it was, or there was is a common writing fault. It’s because we so often refer to the weather as it.
But few people take into account what follows Bulwer-Lytton’s famous clause. It’s a pity because the complete sentence is a wonderful example of how to describe the weather in writing.
It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.
He uses descriptive noun phrases , strong verbs, and powerful adjectives.
The combination of these three elements paints a vivid picture for readers.
Choosing your vocabulary
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You can find many lists of common and unusual words to describe the weather, so you have plenty of choices.
But you should avoid words that are too simplistic. It was hot, cold, windy, or rainy are all very weak expressions.
But if you describe the heat, the cold, the wind, or the rain with noun phrases, you can improve these easily.
The sun started baking early across the plains, delivering a scorching promise for the day ahead.
The cruel icy wind cut like a knife across her cheeks.
Rain, as always, arrived too little, too late to save the crops.
Words that are not widely understood are also worth avoiding. While it’s interesting to find new words, not all of them are useful.
A good example is petrichor. It is the smell or scent of rain arriving after a period of dry weather.
But it is difficult to use, and it might send readers hunting for a dictionary.
The petrichor gave a hint of hope to the farmers.
It would be better to use a descriptive phrase.
The sweet far off scent of rain on dying grass gave hope to the farmers.
Brontide is another, meaning the sound of distant thunder or rumblings of an earth tremor. Again, it’s a great word to know, but with very limited use in writing.
Try this simple formula
Anytime you need to write about the weather, keep this little trick in mind.
Start with a noun phrase, use a strong verb , then add a descriptive clause .
You also need to describe the noun and verb with adjectives and adverbs.
Here’s a quick example.
The heavy dark clouds rolled slowly and low across the parched pastures, but they were heartbreakers, as not a drop of rain fell before the cruel wind carried them away.
It’s an easy way to make sure you avoid the grammatical expletive and weak adjectives.
You can also experiment with similes or metaphors . For example, raining cats and dogs.
Use verbs that sound like the weather
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Onomatopoeic verbs and words are perfect for describing the weather because they make a sound.
Here are a few examples to illustrate sound words.
The pitter-patter of raindrops.
Thunder rumbled overhead.
Light hail pinged on the window pane.
With each step, the fresh snow crunched underfoot.
A bolt of lightning cracked across the night sky.
A cold north wind hissed through the trees.
A sudden boom of thunder forewarned us of the approaching storm.
Verbs and words like these are extremely useful because they are action words and highly descriptive.
This article is not a lesson or lecture on how to describe the weather in writing.
It’s purely a reminder that you can always improve.
I have listed a few ideas above, but there are many more ways you can make the weather more interesting.
All it takes is to remember that the setting for a scene or a story needs careful thought and imagination.
But if there are two key takeaways from my article, they are these.
1. Avoid using the grammatical expletive when referencing the weather.
2. Use noun phrases and strong verbs.
If you do those two things, the rest of your weather scene setting will come very easily.
Related reading: Words To Avoid In Writing That Say Nothing
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Essay # 1. Meaning of Weather and Climate:
Weather is the day-to-day state of atmosphere and pertains to short term changes in conditions of heat, moisture and air movement. Weather results from processes that attempt to equalise the differences in the distribution of net radiant energy from sun. In other words, the instantaneous state of atmosphere can be called as weather. It is usually expressed as fine, fair, foggy, cloudy, rainy, sunny or windy weather.
The process of exchange of heat and moisture between earth and atmosphere over a long period of time (month, season, and year) related to large areas (zone, state, country, continent) results in conditions what we call climate.
It is aggregate of atmospheric conditions involving heat, moisture and air movement. In other words, the totality of weather over a large area is known as climate. It is expressed as marine, continental, arid, semiarid, humid or desert climate.
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Weather refers to the sum total of the atmospheric conditions in terms of temperature, pressure, wind, moisture, cloudiness, precipitation and visibility of a particular place at any given time. In fact, weather denotes short-term variations of atmospheric conditions and it is highly variable.
On the other hand, climate is defined as aggregate weather conditions of any region in long-term perspective. According to Trewartha ‘climate represents a composite of day to day weather conditions, and of the atmospheric elements, within a specified area over a long period of time.’ According to Critchfield ‘climate is more than a statistical average; it is the aggregate of atmospheric conditions involving heat, moisture, and air movement. Extremes must always be considered in any climatic description in addition to means, trends, and probabilities.’
According to Koeppen and De Long ‘climate is a summary, a composite of weather conditions over a long period of time; truly portrayed, it includes details of variations-extremes, frequencies, sequences-of the weather elements which occur from year to year, particularly in temperature and precipitation. Climate is the aggregate of the weather.’
G.F. Taylor has maintained that ‘climate is the integration of weather, and weather is the differentiation of climate. The distinction between weather and climate is, therefore, mainly one of time.’ Temperature, pressure, wind, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness etc. are elements of weather and climate.
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Weather and climate are the most pervasive factors of crop environment.
Knowledge of agrometeorology is useful in several aspects of practical agriculture as indicated below:
1. It has practical utility in timing of agricultural operations so as to make the best use of favourable weather conditions and make adjustments for adverse weather.
2. The dangers of crop production due to pest and disease incidence, occurrence of prolonged drought, soil erosion, frost and weather hazards can be minimised.
3. Weather support also provides guidelines for long range or seasonal planning of crops and cultivars most suited to anticipated climatic conditions.
4. Agrometeorological information can be used in land use planning, risk analysis of climatic hazards, production and harvest forecasts and linking similar crop environments for crop adaptability and productivity.
Weather Elements :
Weather is a phase of climate representing atmospheric condition at a given place and at a given instant of time as against climate, representing atmospheric condition for longer period of time over a larger area.
Components of weather and climate or simply weather elements include:
a. Temperature.
b. Solar radiation.
c. Humidity.
e. Pressure.
g. Precipitation.
The influence of weather and climate on crop growth and development and final yield is complicated by complexity of interactions associated with crops and the environment during the crop season.
The influence of weather and climate on crop productivity can be summarised as indicated below:
Weather parameters with favourable influence :
1. Weather and climate are the important factors to determining the success or failure of agriculture.
2. All the agricultural operations from sowing to harvest of crops depend on the mercy of weather.
3. Climate determines suitability of a crop to a particular region while weather plays a major role in the productivity of a crop in the region.
4. The excess or shortage of elements of weather and climate exerts a negative influence on crop growth, development and final yield.
5. The effect of weather and climate is complex as elements of climate operate simultaneously in nature.
6. Due to complexity of environment in which a crop is grown, it is difficult to assign an, optimum value of a climatic element for maximum crop productivity.
Weather parameters with negative influence :
1. Excessive and untimely rains.
2. Scanty rains with prolonged dry spells.
3. Heat and cold waves.
4. Dust-storms, thunderstorms and hailstorms.
5. High winds.
Weather variables having both positive and negative effects on crop productivity :
1. Solar radiation (UV, light and infrared).
2. Temperature (air and soil).
3. Humidity,
5. Precipitation.
Essay # 4. Difference between Weather and Climate:
The differences between weather and climate are:
1. Pertains to the day-to-day state of the atmosphere at a particular place.
2. Refers to specific instant of time and place.
3. It is always changing and differs from time to time.
1. Pertains to the atmosphere over a given region,
2. Refers to a large region and for a long period of time.
3. It is more or less stable and differs from region to region.
Essay # 5. Factors Controlling Weather and Climate :
Geographical factors influencing weather and climate are referred to as climatic controls .
a. Latitude.
b. Altitude.
c. Land and water bodies.
d. Mountains.
e. Topography.
The distance from the equator (latitude), either from south or north, largely creates variation in climate. Based on latitude, the climate has been classified as tropical, subtropical, temperate and polar climates. The height from mean sea level (altitude/elevation) adds to variation in climate.
Temperature and pressure decreases with increasing height from mean sea level. Based on altitude, the climate is described as mountainous and valley/plateau climates. Nearness to large bodies of water also causes variation in climate. The climates are referred to as continental and maritime.
Instruments for Measuring Weather Parameters :
Different instruments are used for measuring weather parameters in observatories and laboratories. Depending on the level of accuracy required and the cost, instruments are used for recording the weather data.
Irrespective of whether it is an observatory or a lab. Table 2.1 gives a list or of instruments and weather parameter measured:
Essay # 6. Variation in Climate and Weather :
Climatic parameters are determined, primarily, by geographic factors such as:
1. Latitude.
2. Altitude.
3. Distance from large water bodies.
4. Ocean currents.
5. Intensity of wind.
All the above climatic parameters influence the wind. Three geographic factors—altitude, latitude and longitude are important for crop production. These are embodied in Hopkin Bioclimatic Law. It states that crop production activities (planting to harvest) and specific morphological developments are delayed by 4 days for each 1° latitude, 5° longitude and 12 m (40 ft) of altitude as one move northward and upward, respectively.
Intensity, velocity and direction of wind vary with three geographic factors leading to variation in climate and weather.
Geographic surface features such as large bodies of water and mountain ranges modify the wind characteristics and hence the meteorological parameters. A mountain range in the path of prevailing wind creates moist conditions on the windward side and dry conditions on the leeward side. Air cools adiabatically to the dew point as it rises up the mountains.
The air that is forced upward by the mountain range loses its moisture and becomes a dry mass when it goes over the top. This is called the orographic effect (relief effect), which is different from the usual rainfall without mountains. Topography influences weather and microclimate through variation in temperature and wind.
Water is normally warmer than the surrounding land. When wind blows over a large body of water, it picks up moisture, thus creating a more moderate leeward condition. The leeward side of the body of water is subjected to less temperature fluctuations (relatively stable weather) compared to windward side. Windward side is suitable for drought tolerant crops and leeward side to relatively drought sensitive crops. North facing and south facing slopes may differ in climate and natural vegetation. These sites differ in crops that can be grown.
World climate is not static but is subjected to changes caused by factors such as systematic changes in solar activity, sea level, atmospheric carbon dioxide and continental drift. Continental drift gradually changes the latitudinal position of the land masses and the sea level. Volcanic explosions discharge large amounts of dust and gases into the atmosphere. This may cause a decline in temperature (reverse of greenhouse effect).
Accumulation of greenhouse gases is responsible for global warming (gradual increasing trend in global average temperature largely due to greenhouse effect). In spite of technological advances in modern crop production, crop production is still subject to the vagaries of the weather that are manifested in three main ways— moisture stress, temperature stress and natural disasters.
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Let it snow: 6 of the best descriptions of winter weather in literature.
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Oh, the weather outside is frightful! But the reading is so delightful… Weather (sorry) or not you love the snow—blanketing your driveway, stalling your subway lines—it’s hard to deny that there have been some pretty darn good descriptions of it in literature, the kind that make you want to curl up by the fire (or, in my case, the space heater). Personally, I think I like winter weather best when it’s on the page and not the thing standing between me and the closest bar or the corner bodega when I’m out of popcorn. In an attempt to reframe the cold months ahead for myself, I have assembled some of the most beautiful/relatable descriptions of snow I could find in fiction. Perhaps now I will think of it as one of these instead of being irrationally irritated by Mother Nature’s cruel attempts to curb my snacking and my social life. So, here we go: let it snow! Sit down with these delightfully icy passages, and keep the hot cocoa coming.
From Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina :
At first she was unable to read. To begin with she was bothered by the bustle and movement; then, when the train started moving, she could not help listening to the noises; then the snow that beat against the left-hand window and stuck to the glass, and the sight of the conductor passing by, all bundled up and covered with snow on one side, and the talk about the terrible blizzard outside, distracted her attention. Further on it was all the same; the same jolting and knocking, the same snow on the window, the same quick transitions from steaming heat to cold and back to heat, the same flashing of the same faces in the semi-darkness, and the same voices, and Anna began to read and understand what she was reading.
From Italo Calvino’s If on a winter’s night a traveler :
So here I am walking along this empty surface that is the world. There is a wind grazing the ground, dragging with flurries of fine snow the last residue of the vanished world: a bunch of ripe grapes which seems just picked from the vine, an infant’s woolen bootee, a well-oiled hinge, a page that seems torn from a novel written in Spanish, with a woman’s name: Amaranta. Was it a few seconds ago that everything ceased to exist, or many centuries? I’ve already lost any sense of time.
From Ali Smith’s Winter :
And here instead’s another version of what was happening that morning, as if from a novel in which Sophia is the kind of character she’d choose to be, prefer to be, a character in a much more classic sort of story, perfectly honed and comforting, about how sombre yet bright the major-symphony of winter is and how beautiful everything looks under a high frost, how every grassblade is enhanced and silvered into individual beauty by it, how even the dull tarmac of the roads, the paving under our feet, shines when the weather’s been cold enough and how something at the heart of us, at the heart of all our cold and frozen states, melts when we encounter a time of peace on earth, goodwill to all men; a story in which there is no room for severed heads; a work in which Sophia’s perfectly honed minor-symphony modesty and narrative decorum complement the story she’s in with the right kind of quiet wisdom-from-experience ageing-female status, making it a story that’s thoughtful, dignified, conventional in structure thank God, the kind of quality literary fiction where the slow drift of snow across the landscape is merciful, has a perfect muffling decorum of its own, snow falling to whiten, soften, blur and prettify even further a landscape where there are no heads divided from bodies hanging around in the air or anywhere, either new ones, from new atrocities or murders or terrorisms, or old ones, left over from old historic atrocities and murders and terrorisms and bequeathed to the future as if in old French Revolution baskets, their wickerwork brown with the old dried blood, placed on the doorsteps of the neat and central-heating-interactive houses of now with notes tied to the handles saying please look after this head thank you […]
From Donna Tartt’s The Secret History :
The snow in the mountains was melting and Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation.
From Kelly Link’s Stranger Things Happen :
The next day it was snowing and he went out for a pack of cigarettes and never came back. You sat on the patio drinking something warm and alcoholic, with nutmeg in it, and the snow fell on your shoulders. You were wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt; you were pretending that you weren’t cold, and that your lover would be back soon. You put your finger on the ground and then stuck it in your mouth. The snow looked like sugar, but it tasted like nothing at all.
From Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol :
Holly, mistletoe, red berries, ivy, turkeys, geese, game, poultry, brawn, meat, pigs, sausages, oysters, pies, puddings, fruit, and punch, all vanished instantly. So did the room, the fire, the ruddy glow, the hour of night, and they stood in the city streets on Christmas morning where (for the weather was severe) the people made a rough, but brisk and not unpleasant kind of music, in scraping the snow from the pavement in front of their dwellings, and from the tops of their houses, whence it was mad delight to the boys to see it come plumping down into the road below, and splitting into artificial little snow-storms.
The house fronts looked black enough, and the windows blacker, contrasting with the smooth white sheet of snow upon the roofs, and with the dirtier snow upon the ground; which last deposit had been ploughed up in deep furrows by the heavy wheels of carts and wagons; furrows that crossed and re-crossed each other hundreds of times where the great streets branched off; and made intricate channels, hard to trace, in the thick yellow mud and icy water. The sky was gloomy, and the shortest streets were choked up with a dingy mist, half thawed, half frozen, whose heavier particles descended in a shower of sooty atoms, as if all the chimneys in Great Britain had, by one consent, caught fire, and were blazing way to their dear hearts’ content. There was nothing very cheerful in the climate of the town, and yet was there an air of cheerfulness abroad that the clearest summer air and brightest summer sun might have endeavoured to diffuse in vain.
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How to Describe a Storm in Writing
Whether they're ruthless tornadoes or torrential hurricanes, storms can add atmosphere and conflict to a personal narrative or story. The use of vivid description is a crucial tool for bringing these weather phenomena to life on paper and moving your plot forward. Using figurative language and active verbs can help you place readers right in the middle of the rain, wind and thunder.
Mighty Metaphors and Storm Similes
A simile is a type of description that makes an explicit comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as." A metaphor, by contrast, is a direct comparison that does not use these words. You can use these devices to create surprising descriptions of your storm. If you're describing a hailstorm, for example, you might use a simile to write, "The hailstones clattered to the ground like marbles spilled from a box." To use a metaphor, you might write, "An avalanche of hailstones fell from the sky."
The Sound of Storms
In real life, the sounds of nature are often key indicators of approaching storms. You can bring these sound effects to your descriptions by using onomatopoeia, a device where words mimic the sounds of their meaning. For example, if a thunderstorm figures prominently in your story, the thunder could "rumble" or "boom," rain could "patter" against the windows" and wind could "rush" across a field. Try making a list of all the sounds the storm in your narrative might involve and brainstorm onomatopoeic words to describe them.
The Character of Storms
If a storm is central to your story's conflict, you might consider having the weather literally take on a life of its own. Personification occurs when a writer gives human characteristics, such as actions and emotions, to an inanimate object. If your characters are trapped in open water during a hurricane, you might write, "The angry waves smacked against the side of the boat." Although water can't feel anger, the description of the waves as "angry" adds emotional texture and characterization to the storm.
Vivid Verbs
Because bad weather can often get out of control, describing a storm is not the time to skimp on verb usage. Weak verbs, such as "was" or "were," drain your descriptions of energy rather than infuse them with detail. Using specific, active verbs for the storm's motion gives readers a more detailed image of the story's events. For example, the sentence, "The dark sky was lit up by lightning," is a good start, but revising it to include an active verb can make the description even more forceful: "Lightning flashed across the sky."
- Western Michigan University: Basics of Metaphor and Simile
- Read Write Think: Onomatopoeia
- Universal Design for Learning: Literary Devices: Personification
- Writing Commons: Avoid Unnecessary "To Be" Verbs"
Kori Morgan holds a Bachelor of Arts in professional writing and a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing and has been crafting online and print educational materials since 2006. She taught creative writing and composition at West Virginia University and the University of Akron and her fiction, poetry and essays have appeared in numerous literary journals.
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Beginning A Composition With Weather Descriptions
- Sunday, Sep 9th, 2018
- By: BIG IDEAZ
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Weather description is one of the easiest ways for young writers (6 to 8 years old) to begin their compositions. This is also usually the first story starter that they are being taught in school.
For children who are weak in the language, writing a good weather description can be an easy and effective way to get them started in their composition.
However, most teachers do not encourage flowery weather descriptions such as these:
“White fluffy clouds dotted the azure blue sky as the sun beamed beatifically, casting a golden glow upon the earth.”
“The sky was an expanse of sapphire blue, dotted with feathery white clouds as the radiant rays of the sun shone brightly in the azure blue sky.”
You get the picture.
Proper Use of Weather Descriptions in English Compositions
Weather descriptions is an easy way for young writers to begin their stories. Primary 1 and 2 students can start their compositions with weather descriptions, if weather plays a part in the plot.
There is no need to memorise a hugh chunk of bombastic weather descriptions.
Simple words can sometimes be more effective than bombastic ones.
These are some of the weather descriptions written by our P1 and P2 students:
“It was a cool and breezy evening. A strong gust of wind blew against my face.”
“It was a bright and sunny morning. White, fluffy clouds drifted across the sky.”
“Lightning flashed across the sky. A storm was coming.”
Short. Simple. Readable.
The kids came up with these weather descriptions themselves, without memorising any bombastic phrases.
Most importantly, they are natural, something which children can understand, remember and apply in their writing.
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So, how can children be taught to write weather descriptions?
For children who are really weak in the language, even writing a simple sentence to describe a sunny day can be difficult. These children often resort to starting their compositions with “One day, we went…” or “One fine day, Peter was …” or “Last Sunday, my family and I …”.
Such story beginnings can be boring and not captivating.
Students can learn to write effective weather descriptions. In our classes, we get our students to do brainstorming.
1. Brainstorm and make a list of all kinds of weather that you can think of.
- cold and rainy
- cool and breezy
- bright and sunny
- scorching hot
2. For each weather type, imagine how the sky, sun, clouds and other weather elements look like.
Describe each element in simple, readable English .
Weather Type: BRIGHT AND SUNNY
Describe the sun: – shines brilliantly – bright – like a fire ball
Describe the sky: – clear, blue sky
Describe the clouds: – white, fluffy clouds – sunlit clouds
3. Form sentences using some of these descriptions.
It was a bright and sunny day. The sun shone brilliantly in the clear, blue sky .
It was a bright and sunny day. White, fluffy clouds drifted across the clear, blue sky .
The above 3 steps are effective in teaching young children (Primary 1 to 3) to come up with weather descriptions that sound natural. Most children are able to come up with beautiful weather descriptions without resorting to the method of memorising huge chunks of unreadable flowery language.
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Use Weather Descriptions Appropriately
Some students have the habit of starting every composition with weather descriptions, regardless of topic or setting. Remember to use weather descriptions only if weather plays a part in your story. For example, if a rainy weather contributes to the plot of the story, it is a good idea to describe the weather, especially the rain and the coldness. If a story is set outdoors, it is fine to describe the weather too.
However, many students fell into the trap of starting their compositions with describing the sun, the clouds and the sky when their story is set indoors! This is a huge mistake, which should be stopped.
Other Types of Story Beginnings
For stories which are not set outdoors or not affected by the weather, there are other types of story beginnings that can be used.
Students can begin their compositions with speech , which is also a common way of beginning a primary school composition.
Another effective way is to begin with a captivating statement or an intriguing question. Such a beginning hooks readers immediately to read on. When used correctly, it piques a reader’s curiosity and make them want to continue reading to find out what happens next.
Upper primary students can begin their stories with character descriptions . This is useful to show a change in the character at the end of the story. For example, a timid person who became courageous, or a bully regretting his actions and turning over a new leaf.
Beginning with an action is great if you want to move the story along quickly. Students can use suitable vivid verbs to clearly describe a character’s actions at the beginning of the story.
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Analysis of the effect of weather conditions on people’s mood.
Weather is a short-term climate change. While it is sunny today, it can be rainy, even stormy the next day. There are a lot of weather conditions in the world and these conditions are considered to have some effects on people’s mood. Unlike some people...
Automatic and Wireless Weather Monitoring Equipment
The weather patterns and climate conditions are one of the most important factors which affect the quality of life and the activity of the mankind. The current means of meteorological data collection make use of some very expensive weather stations, leading to a lack of...
The Influence of Weather on World History
It is tempting, and often comforting, to think that humans control their fates. The decisions that people make in their daily lives can affect many things, and the course of their lives cumulatively reflects these many small decisions. On the other hand, people cannot control...
Weather Monitoring System: a Project Report
A weather monitoring system can be described as a device or a tool, which can provide us information related to weather like temperature (can be in both Celsius and Fahrenheit), humidity, Barometric pressure etc. from old times to modern age it’s important to get data...
Role of the Paris Agreement
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There Isn’t Completely a Weather Crisis, But a Social One
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