All the natural conditions that effect us make weather: the amount of sunshine; wind direction and its force; precipitation like rain, snow, hail or sleet; the clouds; and even visibility, or how far you can see, all make up the weather.
What's climate?
The weather over a long period of time is called climate. The climate of an area is determined by its altitude, its distance from the Equator and even by mountain ranges and oceans nearby. When weather people speak of the climate of a place, they take into account up to 30 years of weather data.
Different seasons
The four major seasons are spring, summer, autumn and winter. Because the Earth's axis is tilted towards the Sun, the northern and southern halves (or hemispheres) enjoy opposite seasons, depending on which hemispheres is closer to the Sun during orbit.
Now it's sunny, now it's not
A noticeable change in weather over some months is called seasons. Seasons change as the Earth revolves around the Sun and the tilt of the Earth's axis moves a hemisphere closer to/ further away from the Sun. This alters amount of light a place gets and creates the weather typical of the seasons.
Fact: The four seasons each different from the other.
DID YOU KNOW? North of the northern polar circle the sun shines for 24 hours a day in the height of summer and it is dark for 24 hours a day in winter.
Fact: On two days every year, the rays of the sun fall directly on the Equator. On or near March 20 and 22 September the night is long as the day.
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