Whether it’s sunny or rainy, you can find interesting weather terms in this alphabetical (from A to Z) weather-related word list! Find lots of climate vocabulary in this list.
A
accumulation
advisory
air
air mass
air pollution
air pressure
almanac
altocumulus
altostratus
anemometer
atmospheric pressure
aurora
avalanche
B
balmy
barometer
barometric pressure
Beaufort wind scale
biosphere
black ice
blizzard
blustery
breeze
C
calm
cell
chinook wind
cirriform
climate
climatology
cloud bank
cloudburst
cloudy
cold
cold front
cold snap
cold wave
compass
condensation
contrail
convergence
cumuliform
current
cyclone
cyclonic flow
D
degree
depression
dew
dew point
disturbance
doldrums
downburst
downdraft
downpour
downwind
drift
drifting snow
drizzle
drought
dry
dust devil
dust storm
F
fair
feeder bands
fire whirl
flash flood
flood
flood stage
flurry
fog
fog bank
forecast
freeze
freezing rain
front
frost
funnel cloud
H
haboob
hail
halo
haze
heat
heat index
heat wave
high
humid
humidity
hurricane season
hydrologic cycle
hydrology
hydrometer
hydrosphere
hygrometer
I
ice
ice age
ice crystals
ice pellets
ice storm
icicle
inversion
isobar
isotherm
J
jet stream
K
Kelvin
knot
M
macroburst
mammatus cloud
meteorologist
meteorology
microburst
mist
mistral wind
moisture
monsoon
muggy
N
National Hurricane Center (NHC)
National Weather Service (NWC)
NEXRAD
nimbostratus
nimbus
nor'easter
normal
nowcast
O
orographic cloud
outflow
outlook
overcast
ozone
P
parhelion
partly cloudy
permafrost
pileus cloud
polar
polar front
pollutant
precipitation
pressure
prevailing wind
S
sandstorm
Santa Ana wind
scattered
sea breeze
shower
sleet
slush
smog
smoke
snow flurry
snow level
snow line
snow shower
snowfall
snowsquall
snowstorm
squall
squall line
St. Elmo's fire
stationary front
steam
storm
storm tracks
stratocumulus
stratosphere
subtropical
sun dog
sun pillar
sunrise
sunset
supercell
surge
swell
T
temperate
thaw
thermal
thunder
thunderstorm
trace
triple point
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
tropical
tropical depression
tropical disturbance
tropical storm
tropical wave
troposphere
trough
turbulence
twilight
typhoon
U
unstable
updraft
upwelling
upwind
V
vapor
vapor trail
visibility
vortex
W
wall cloud
warm
warning
watch
water
waterspout
weather balloon
weather map
weather satellite
weathering
weathervane
wedge
westerlies
whirlwind
whiteout
wind
wind chill
wind chill factor
wind shear
wind vane
windsock
Z
zone