What is the main difference between climate and weather?

Climate is the average or statistical state of meteorological elements and weather phenomena for a long time, and the time scale is months, seasons, years, years to hundreds of years. Climate is measured by the characteristics of cold, warm, dry and wet, and is usually characterized by the average value and deviation value of a certain period. It is the general state of the atmosphere in a certain area of the earth for many years, and it is the comprehensive performance of various weather processes in this period.

Weather usually refers to the comprehensive performance of meteorological elements in a short period of time (hours to days) in a certain area.

Simply put, climate is the cumulative expression of long-term weather phenomena, and weather is the expression of various meteorological elements (wind speed and direction, precipitation, temperature, humidity, air pressure, etc.). ) in a short time.