‘Climate is what you expect, and Weather is what you get ‘
NOAA.govThat is, weather is the day – to – day (short term changes) and climate is the overall patterns over time (long – term averages)
It can be a little confusing. The graphic above from the EESA helps.
If we talk just about rainfall, the average rainfall in an area, over large periods of time, is climatic. How much rainfall happens day – to – day would be weather.
Here in New England, we have gotten an extreme amount of rain this summer:
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