The weather in Italian

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In this lesson we will learn how to talk about the weather.

Lesson outline

1.Words to talk about the weather (sun, sky, snow)
2.How to ask about the weather in Italian...
2.1.The temperature in Italian
3....and how to answer
4.Daily dialogue
5.Exercises
5.1.Exercise on the weather in Italian - Drag text
5.2.Exercise on the weather in Italian - Flashcards
5.3.Exercise on the weather in Italian - Single choice set
5.4.Exercise on the weather in Italian - Fill in the blanks
5.5.Exercise on the dialogue of the lesson - Fill in the blanks

Words to talk about the weather (sun, sky, snow)

First of all, here are some important words regarding the weather.

Italian	English
Il sole	Sun
La nuvola	Cloud
Il vento	Wind
La pioggia	Rain
L'arcobaleno	Rainbow
La neve	Snow
La grandine	Hail
Il fulmine	Lightning
Il tuono	Thunder
La tempesta	Storm
Il ghiaccio	Ice
Il temporale	Thunderstorm

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How to ask about the weather in Italian...

To know more about the weather, Il tempo, ask the following question:

Che tempo fa (oggi)? What's the weather like (today)?

Here are a few useful variations.

Italian	English
Che tempo farà domani?	What will the weather be like tomorrow?
Quanti gradi ci sono?	How many degrees are there outside?
Fa caldo?	Is it warm?
Fa freddo?	Is it cold?

The temperature in Italian

In Italy we use the Celcius scale to measure the temperature: 0 C° = 32 F°.
To translate Degree(s) use Grado [centigrado] (singular) or Gradi [centigradi] (plural).

Italian	English
Ci sono 10 gradi.	There are 10 degrees.
La temperatura è di 1 grado centigrado.	The temperature is 1 degree.

...and how to answer

If the weather is nice, then C'è bel tempo. You can use the following expressions:

Italian	English
Fa caldo	It's warm/hot
C'è il sole	The sun is shining
E' sereno	The sky is clear

If the sky is grey, then C'è brutto tempo, there's a bad weather.

Italian	English
Fa freddo	It's cold
E' nuvoloso	It's cloudy
C'è vento	It's windy
C'è la nebbia	It's foggy
Piove Sta piovendo	It rains It's raining
C'è una tempesta	There's a storm
Diluvia Sta diluviando	It rains hard It's raining hard
Nevica Sta nevicando	It snows It's snowing
Si congela	It's freezing cold

Daily dialogue

Take a look at the following dialogue.

	Italian	English
Claudio	Ciao Martina, che tempo farà domani?	Hi Martina, what will the weather be like tomorrow?
Martina	Ciao Claudio, domani ci sarà il sole!	Hi Claudio, tomorrow will be sunny! (Tomorrow there will be the sun)
Claudio	Che bello! Oggi piove e c'è il vento, fa molto freddo. Una vera tempesta!	How nice! Today it rains and it's windy, it's very cold. A real storm!
Martina	Sì...ieri invece nevicava! Fuori si congelava.	Yes...yesterday it snowed instead! It was freezing cold outside.

Exercises

Exercise on the weather in Italian - Drag text
Exercise on the weather in Italian - Flashcards
Exercise on the weather in Italian - Single choice set
Exercise on the weather in Italian - Fill in the blanks
Exercise on the dialogue of the lesson - Fill in the blanks

Exercise on the weather in Italian - Drag text

Exercise on the weather in Italian - Flashcards

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Exercise on the weather in Italian - Single choice set

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1. Che tempo farà domani? (What will the weather be like tomorrow?)

Il tuono.
Domani ci sarà il sole.

2. Quanti gradi ci sono? (How many degrees are there outside?)

Piove.
28 C°.

3. Fa freddo?

La nuvola.
Ci sono 5 C°.

4. Guarda! Sta diluviando! (Look! It's pouring rain)

Sì, c'è il sole.
Sì, piove molto forte.

5. Si congela! (It's freezing cold!)

Sì, ci sono 38 C°.
Sì, ci sono 0 C°.

6. Quando c'è una tempesta, vuol dire che...(When there's a storm, it means that)

Fa caldo e c'è il sole
Fa freddo e diluvia

7. Quando è sereno, fuori...(When the sky is clear, outiside...)

Non ci sono nuvole
Ci sono nuvole

8. In inverno di solito ci sono...(In Winter there are usually...)

Neve e ghiaccio
Sole e vento

9. Dopo la pioggia, spesso c'è un colorato....(After the rain, there is often a colorful

Arcobaleno
Fulmine

10. Le foglie degli alberi si muovono e si spostano, quindi c'è...(The leaves move around, so there's...)

Nebbia
Vento

Exercise on the weather in Italian - Fill in the blanks

Fill in the missing words and expressions.

1. Oggi , ci sono pochi gradi. (Today it's cold, there are only a few degrees.)

2. Ho guardato fuori dalla finestra e ho visto che . (I looked out of the window and noticed that it's raining.)

3. Ogni Vigilia di Natale . (On every Christmas' Eve it snows.)

4. L' ha 7 colori. (The rainbow has 7 colours.)

5. La strada era coperta di . (The road was covered in ice.)

6. Fuori non si vede niente! C'è la . (You can't see anything outside, it's foggy).

7. Ci sono 15 . (There are 15 degrees.)

8. Oggi c'è . (Today there is a good weather.)

9. Com'è il tempo in Spagna? ? ? (What's the weather like in Spain? Is it warm? Is it cold?)

10.

è pioggia ghiacciata. (Hail is frozen rain).

Exercise on the dialogue of the lesson - Fill in the blanks

Fill in the missing words.

Claudio: Ciao Martina, farà domani? (Hi Martina, what will the weather be like tomorrow?)
Martina: Ciao Claudio, domani ci sarà

! (Hi Claudio, tomorrow will be sunny! (Tomorrow there will be the sun))
Claudio: Che bello! Oggi e c'è il , fa molto . Una vera ! (How nice! Today it rains and it's windy, it's very cold. A real storm!)
Martina: Sì...ieri invece ! Fuori si congelava. (Yes...yesterday it snowed instead! It was freezing cold outside.)