Question

Climate is best described as

A. the long-term average of weather variations in a specific area.
B. the daily weather as predicted by a meteorologist.
C. the short-term average of weather variations in a specific area.
D. the areas only where the temperatures drop below freezing.

Answer 1

Climate is best described as a) the long-term average of weather variations in a specific area. The definition of climate is "the long-term pattern of weather in a particular area." This is assessed by measuring the temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, precipitation, atmospheric particle count amongst other weather aspects.