Weather מזג האוויר

19 Hebrew words on weather — with pictures, native audio and example sentences. Weather without a verb: חם היום (it's hot today), קר בחוץ (it's cold outside).

English	Hebrew	Note
weather	מזג אוויר	Literally 'the temper of the air'. In 'the weather' the article goes on the second word: מזג האוויר.
it's hot	חם	'I am hot' is חם לי — literally 'hot to me'.
it's cold	קר	'I am cold' is קר לי, built the same way.
it's sunny	שמשי	🔗 RootAn adjective from שמש, the sun. 🌎 RegionIn speech people often just say יש שמש, 'there is sun'.
it's windy	נושבת רוח	⚠️ Genderרוח is feminine, so the verb takes the feminine נושבת.
cloudy	מעונן	🔗 RootFrom ענן, a cloud — literally 'clouded over'.
rain	גשם	Rain descends in Hebrew: יורד גשם.
it's raining	יורד גשם	Literally 'rain comes down' — לרדת is the verb Hebrew uses for falling weather.
snow	שלג	לבן כשלג — white as snow.
it's snowing	יורד שלג	Snow descends too, exactly like rain: יורד שלג.
storm	סערה	🔗 RootThe adjective is סוער — ים סוער, a stormy sea.
lightning	ברק	🔗 RootThe root also gives מבריק, 'shiny, brilliant'. Plural ברקים.
thunder	רעם	Plural רעמים. The fixed pair is ברקים ורעמים — Hebrew names the lightning first.
cloud	ענן	🔗 RootThe same root as מעונן, cloudy. Plural עננים.
wind	רוח	⚠️ GenderFeminine despite its masculine look: רוח חזקה. 🔀 Several meaningsAlso 'spirit' — רוח רפאים is a ghost.
rainbow	קשת בענן	Literally 'a bow in the cloud', from the story of Noah. 🔀 Several meaningsקשת alone is a bow, and also an arch.
umbrella	מטרייה	🔗 RootFrom מטר, a literary word for rain.
temperature	טמפרטורה	🔀 Several meaningsA fever is חום — יש לו חום — never טמפרטורה.
degrees	מעלות	🔀 Several meaningsThe singular מעלה also means a step, and a virtue or advantage.