Please take out your notebooks and be

prepared to take down the information that is going to be presented.

El Tiempo – ClimaThe Weather

The main objective of this lesson is to understand

words and phrases related to weather in Spanish

What is the weather like? Here are some common ways to ask about the weather• ¿Qué tiempo hace? What’s the

weather like?• ¿Cómo es el clima? How’s the

weather?• ¿Cómo está el clima? How is the

weather?

You may be thinking "tiempo” means time - that's true - but tiempo is also used to indicate the weather. The word clima is also used frequently.

Weather Expressions

• There are 3 words commonly used to make expressions relating to the weather in Spanish:

• hace - is used with nouns that denote the weather conditions. Hace frío.

• está - is utilized to describe weather conditions that are considered by the speaker to be temporary. Está caliente.

• hay - It is used to describe what can be seen. Hay sol, hay nieve, hay lluvia.

HACE...Hace frío It's coldHace calor It's hot (surroundings)Hace viento It's windyHace sol It's sunnyHace fresco It's cool

Weather Expressions With HACE

ESTÁ...está nevando…………..it’s snowing está lloviendo…………..it’s rainingestá nublado…………..is cloudyesta despejado…………..is clearestá fresco…………..is coolestá soleado…………..is sunny

Weather Expressions With ESTÁ

ESTÁ...está tronando…………..is thundering

está caliente…………..is hot (touch)está cálido…………..is warmestá húmedo…………..is humidestá brumoso…………..is hazyestá mojado…………..is wet

Weather Expressions With ESTÁ

HAY...hay lluvia…………..there's rainhay nieve…………..there's snowhay viento…………..there's windhay neblina…………..there's foghay nubes…………..there's cloudshay relámpago………..there's lighteninghay truenos…………..there's thunder

hay humedad…………..there's humidity

Weather Expressions With HAY

In Spanish, it's common to talk about the future by using the present tense of the verb IR plus a, similar to English going to.... So when talking about imminent weather, it's common to use va a... plus a verb to express imminent weather:

• va a llover - it's going to rain• va a nevar - it's going to snow• va a hacer frío - it's going to be cold• va a estar soleado - it's going to be

sunny

Imminent weather expressions

calor — hot chaparrón — downpour disperso — scattered despejado — cloudless fresco — coolfrío — cold granizo — hail, sleet huracán — hurricane humedad — humidity

More Useful Weather Expressions

lluvia — rain nieve — snow nublado — cloudy parcialmente — partly pie — foot (12 inches) posibilidad — possibility precipitación — precipitation presión — air pressure

More Useful Weather Expressions

pronóstico — forecast pulgada — inch rocío — dew satélite — satellite sol — sun temperatura — temperature visibilidad — visibility viento — wind

More Useful Weather Expressions

There are two main temperature scales:• F°, the Fahrenheit Scale (used in the

US) • C°, the Celsius Scale (part of the

Metric System, used in most other countries)

• They both measure the same thing (temperature!), but use different numbers:

• When you freeze water, it measures 0° in Celsius, but 32° in Fahrenheit

• When you boil water, it measures 100° in Celsius, but 212° in Fahrenheit

What Is The Temperature?

Keep in mind that most of the Spanish-speaking world uses temperatures in Celsius rather than the Fahrenheit you're used to if you live in the United States. To convert temperatures from Celsius to Fahrenheit mathematically, use the following formulas:

If you try these formulas, you'll find that a body temperature of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit is the same as 37 degrees Celsius, and vice versa.

Temperature Formulas

Converting a Celsius temperature to Fahrenheit is easy, just use this formula:

• Multiply the Celsius temperature by 9

• Divide the answer by 5 • Add 32

(°C × 9/5) + 32 = °F

(26° × 9/5 = 234/5 = 46.8) + 32 = 78.8° F

Converting Celsius to Fahrenheit

When converting a Fahrenheit temperature to Celsius use this formula:

• Subtract 32 from the Fahrenheit temperature

• Divide the answer by 9 • Multiply that answer by 5

(°F - 32) x 5/9 = °C

(98.6° - 32 = 66.6) × 5/9 = 333/9 = 37° C

Converting Fahrenheit to Celsius

Use 1.8 instead of 9/59/5 is equal to 1.8, so you could also use this method:

Fahrenheit to Celsius (°F - 32) / 1.8 = °C

Celsius to Fahrenheit (°C × 1.8) + 32 = °F

Other conversion Methods

“Hace + número grados”+

Hace 35 gradosCentígrados

(Hace 95 grados Farenheit)

Hace 32 gradosFarenheit

(Hace 0 grados Centígrado)

How do you write the temperature?

°C °F Description100 212 Water boils40 104 Hot Bath37 98.6 Body temperature30 86 Beach weather21 70 Room temperature10 50 Cool Day0 32 Freezing point of water

-18 0 Very Cold Day

-40 -40 Extremely Cold Day (same number)

Typical Temperatures

LAS ESTACIONESThe Seasons

What are the seasons in Spanish?

In Spanish, the four seasons of the year are as follows:

El invierno - winter

La primavera - spring

El verano - summer

El otoño - fall

diciembre - December

EL INVIERNO enero - January

febrero - February

The Seasons And Their Months

marzo - March

LA PRIMAVERA abril - Aprilmayo - May

The Seasons And Their Months

junio -June

EL VERANO julio - Julyagosto -

August

The Seasons And Their Months

septiembre - September

EL OTOÑO octubre - Octobernoviembre -

November

The Seasons And Their Months

1. ¿Qué tiempo hace? Hace __________ (it’s cold)

2. ¿Qué tiempo hace? Hace __________ (It’s hot)

3. ¿Qué tiempo hace? Hay _________ (it’s windy)

4. ¿Qué tiempo hace? Hace _________ (It's warm)

5. ¿Qué tiempo hace? Está _________ (Is cool)

6. ¿Qué tiempo hace? Está __________ (Is hot)

7. ¿Qué tiempo hace? Hay _______ (There’s snow)

8. ¿Qué tiempo hace? Hay _______ (There’s rain)

Write The Correct Weather Word

1. Which choice below is NOT a weather expression?a. hay lluviab. hace frescoc. está feliz

2. How do you say fog in Spanish? a. nubesb. neblinac. nublado

3. Which word represents sunny weather? a. está despejadob. está soleadoc. está cálido

Contesta las siguientes preguntas:

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