climate
noun
[ ˈklʌɪmət ]
• the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
• "our cold, wet climate"
Similar:
weather pattern,
weather conditions,
weather,
atmospheric conditions,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French climat or late Latin clima, climat-, from Greek klima ‘slope, zone’, from klinein ‘to slope’. The term originally denoted a zone of the earth between two lines of latitude, then any region of the earth, and later, a region considered with reference to its atmospheric conditions. Compare with clime.
