chilly – uncomfortably cold.
- Fuyuko was feeling a bit chilly so she turned the heating up.
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Weather Vocabulary Set 5: Rainy weather
precipitation – water that falls to the earth in the form of rain, hail, mist, sleet, or
snow.
- The average annual precipitation in London is 23 inches (58 cm) which makes it
drier than New York which has an average of 50 inches (127cm) of rain per year.
heavy rain – intense rainfall.
- The heavy rain kept the children indoors all day despite it being the weekend.
torrential rain – very heavy rain.
- The torrential rain was making driving conditions hazardous.
driving rain – heavy rain mixed with strong wind.
- We walked on through the driving rain, wanting to get home as quickly as
possible.
to pour – to rain heavily.
- It was pouring with rain when I set off for the bus stop.
downpour – heavy shower of rain.
- Christian got caught in a downpour on his way to the party but fortunately had an
umbrella with him.
cloudburst – sudden rainfall that it over quickly.
- The sudden cloudburst took them by surprise and they had to run for shelter.
raining cats and dogs – raining heavily.
- What miserable weather. It’s been raining cats and dogs all day.
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