Collocations for weather - noun
ADJ.
beautiful, excellent, fair, fine, glorious, good, ideal, lovely,
perfect, superb | adverse,
perfect, superb | adverse,
appalling, atrocious, awful, bad, dismal, dreadful, foul, gloomy, grim, inclement, inhospitable, lousy, miserable, nasty, rotten, rough, terrible, vile, wretched | hot, humid, muggy, sultry, warm | mild | bright, clear, sunny | calm | dry | reliable, settled | changeable, fickle, uncertain, unpredictable, unsettled | extreme, fierce, harsh, severe, violent, wild | bitter, cold, freezing, frosty, icy, wintry | cool | cloudy, grey | damp, rainy, wet | foggy | blustery, stormy, windy | unseasonable/unseasonal, unseasonably/unseasonally …
a spell of unseasonally wet weather.
a spell of unseasonally wet weather.
QUANT.
spell
VERB + WEATHER
brave
Deciding to brave the weather, he grabbed his umbrella and went out.
Deciding to brave the weather, he grabbed his umbrella and went out.
WEATHER + VERB
clear (up), improve, let up, warm up
We''ll go just as soon as this weather lets up.
We''ll go just as soon as this weather lets up.
hold out, keep up
If the weather holds out we could go swimming later.
If the weather holds out we could go swimming later.
threaten
Bad weather threatened.
Bad weather threatened.
break, deteriorate, worsen
It was warm and sunny until the weekend, but then the weather broke.
It was warm and sunny until the weekend, but then the weather broke.
become sth, get sth, turn sth
Next day the weather turned cold.
Next day the weather turned cold.
remain sth, stay sth | close in, set in
The weather closed in and the climbers had to take shelter. | I wanted to mend the roof before the cold weather set in.
The weather closed in and the climbers had to take shelter. | I wanted to mend the roof before the cold weather set in.
allow, permit
I sat outside as often as the weather allowed. | We''re having a barbecue next Saturday, weather permitting. (You cannot say ‘weather allowing’.)
I sat outside as often as the weather allowed. | We''re having a barbecue next Saturday, weather permitting. (You cannot say ‘weather allowing’.)
prevent sth
Stormy weather prevented any play in today''s tennis.
Stormy weather prevented any play in today''s tennis.
change
WEATHER + NOUN
conditions
The plane crashed into the sea in adverse weather conditions.
The plane crashed into the sea in adverse weather conditions.
patterns, system
the effects of global warming on the world''s weather patterns The Atlantic weather systems had been kind.
the effects of global warming on the world''s weather patterns The Atlantic weather systems had been kind.
forecast, report | data, records | satellite, station | chart, map
PHRASES
a change in the weather
We hadn''t bargained for such a dramatic change in the weather.
We hadn''t bargained for such a dramatic change in the weather.
in all weathers
The lifeboat crews go out in all weathers.
The lifeboat crews go out in all weathers.
the vagaries of the weather
She packed all kinds of clothes to cope with the vagaries of the English weather.
She packed all kinds of clothes to cope with the vagaries of the English weather.
whatever the weather
He swims in the sea every day, whatever the weather.
He swims in the sea every day, whatever the weather.