When you need this
Sometimes one word isn't enough. A friend abroad asks what summer is like where you live. A coworker in another city asks about the storm on the news. Your family wants to know if your trip was rainy. Now you need a few sentences, not "It's hot."
A longer description follows the day, or the year. Start with how it began, say how it changed, and end with how it is now: "It started out foggy, then it rained around noon, and now it's clear and cool." Time words do the work: started out, by the afternoon, later, now.
For a place, describe the pattern, not one day. Use the present simple and "usually": "Summers in Seattle are usually dry and mild. It rains a lot from October to April." Then add one surprise: "People think it rains every day, but July is almost always sunny."
Phrases
how the day began
describes a change later in the day
some sun, some clouds
the whole sky is gray with clouds
a light, pleasant wind
very light rain
raining very hard
the clouds moved and it got bright
describes the normal weather of a place or season
the months with the most rain
Say it out loud
Tap a sentence to hear it. Say it after the voice.
Present simple and frequency words describe a place's normal weather.
Practice · 3 min
Describe it in a longer sentence. Notes on the left, one natural answer on the right.
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Say it today
Use it once in a real conversation before tomorrow. Out loud counts, even to yourself.