Weather words in French

Weather words and weather-related expressions in French with English equivalents.

français	English
le temps	the weather
la météo	the weather forecast
Quel temps fait-il?	What's the weather like?
Il fait chaud	It's hot
C'est agréable	It's warm
Il fait froid	It's cold
Il fait frais	It's cool
Ça caille	It's very cold (slang)
Il fait beau	It's nice / fine
Le temps est magnifique	It's beautiful weather
Il fait mauvais	It's bad
Le temps est terrible	It's terrible weather
Un temps de chien	horrible weather (slang)
Il fait humide	It's humid
Il fait du vent	It's windy
C’est orageux / Il y a de l'orage	It's stormy
Il fait du soleil	It's sunny
C'est nuageux	It's cloudy
Il fait du brouillard	It's foggy
Il pleut	It's raining
Il neige	It's snowing
Il gèle	It's freezing / icy
La pluie	rain
La grêle	hail
La neige	snow
Le nuage	cloud
La tonnerre	thunder
L'éclair	lightning
L'arc en ciel	rainbow
La tempête	storm
La température	temperature
Le brouillard / la brume	fog
La tempête	storm

Idioms for heavy rain

français	English
il pleut à verse	It's raining in torrents
Il pleut des grenouilles	It's raining frogs
Il pleut des cordes	It's raining ropes
Il pleut des hallebardes	It's raining halberds
Il pleut des clous	It's raining nails
Il pleut à seaux	It's raining buckets
Il pleut comme vache qui pisse	It's raining like a pissing cow

Other idioms for heavy rain in various languages

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Links

More weather words in French
https://www.thoughtco.com/french-weather-vocabulary-le-temps-1371465
https://www.rocketlanguages.com/french/lessons/weather-in-french
https://www.frenchlearner.com/vocabulary/weather/

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