Weather Expressions in Spanish

If you’re working with novice Spanish students, talking about the weather is a great way to give them confidence in their every day conversations. Here are weather expressions in Spanish to introduce to your students, and some activity ideas to help!

Weather Expressions in Spanish

Here is a list of Spanish weather conditions vocabulary:

• qué tiempo hace hoy
• está nublado
• está nevando
• está lloviendo
• está soleado
• hace fresco
• hace calor
• hace frío
• hace sol
• hay sol
• hay tormenta
• hace viento
• hay viento
• grados
• la temperatura
• llueve
• la lluvia

​Here is the list with English translations:

• ​qué tiempo hace hoy – what is the weather like today?
• está nublado – it is cloudy
• está nevando – it is snowing
• está lloviendo – it is raining
• está soleado – it is sunny
• hace fresco – it is cool
• hace calor – it is hot
• hace frío – it is cold
• hace sol – it is a sunny day
• hay sol – it’s sunny
• hay tormenta – there’s a storm
• hace viento – it’s windy
• hay viento – it’s windy
• grados – degrees
• la temperatura – the temperature
• llueve – it rains
• la lluvia – the rain

You’ll find that some of these are similar. As with many Spanish vocabulary topics, word choice will vary from region to region!

Weather Expressions in Spanish Activities

Here are some of my favorite ways to practice weather expressions in Spanish with your students!

Daily Routine for Spanish Class

The beginning of class routine is my favorite for students learning weather vocabulary throughout the year. You can read my post on it here, but the gist is that each day we begin class with a check in, a little chat about the weather, and if anyone has anything going on that day.

I usually project these Slides on my screen in front of students and talk to them as a whole class, but every now and then we just need something different. That’s why I made a Google Form version! When it’s time for a change up, I post this Google Form in Google Classroom to let the students work individually – or even talk through while each student is answering away.

With both routines I start very gradually. At the beginning of the year with my level ones it’s like what you see above. What’s the weather like? It’s nice weather.//It’s bad weather. We eventually work our way into what you see below! What’s the weather like, is it hot or cold, and what other words would you use to describe today?

Weather Expressions in Spanish Maze Games

Maze games are another great, almost sneaky way, to get students to do more reading and practice! Students look at the image and choose the correct answer to “escape” the maze. I also have my students go back and do additional activities with the mazes for extra practice!

Check out my post here on 10 Ways to Use Maze Games in Spanish Class!

Weather Expressions in Spanish Movie Talk

Movie Talks are one of my favorite options to support student learning. This one in particular is about a cute little snowman who just wants to be warm. It’s one of my favorite activities each year.

Weather Expressions in Spanish Scavenger Hunt Game

¡Corre en Círculos! is my absolute favorite way to get students to practice a concept while getting them up and out of their seats. I actually have a free set for weather that includes a few variations for your students to practice! Click here to learn more about ¡Corre en Círculos! and grab the free download!

Weather Expressions in Spanish Project

In this Spanish weather report project, students will explore the Spanish-speaking countries while reviewing weather expressions in this digital project. Students include 21 countries, 21 cities (within those countries), the name of the place, the weather in each city, the temperature in each city, and 3 Images in each city to represent the included information. I love this to tie in social studies skills with your world languages standards as they connect geography and the Spanish language.

This weather report project is flexible for the vocabulary you have been working on with your students! They will look up the weather forecast using any website you prefer, and gather it into the map they create in their final project.

More Practice Activities for Weather in Spanish

Check out these options to practice weather in Spanish class:

• Speaking Activity
• Listening Activity
• Vocabulary Practices
• Digital Task Cards (Boom Cards)

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