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Weather word search

From sunshine to hail: twenty words from the forecast in one grid, including drizzle, sleet and hurricane. Handy for a climate lesson at school or just for a rainy afternoon.

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  • Breeze
  • Cloud
  • Dew
  • Drizzle
  • Fog
  • Forecast
  • Frost
  • Gale
  • Hail
  • Heatwave
  • Hurricane
  • Lightning
  • Rain
  • Shower
  • Sleet
  • Snow
  • Storm
  • Sun
  • Thunder
  • Wind

This is the same puzzle as on the printable sheet. Every word you find turns green and is crossed off the list.

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The weather

Name

Find these words

  • Breeze
  • Cloud
  • Dew
  • Drizzle
  • Fog
  • Forecast
  • Frost
  • Gale
  • Hail
  • Heatwave
  • Hurricane
  • Lightning
  • Rain
  • Shower
  • Sleet
  • Snow
  • Storm
  • Sun
  • Thunder
  • Wind

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About this word search

In Australia the storm called a Hurricane in the Atlantic is known as a tropical cyclone, and the northern coast sees them mostly between November and April. Heatwave is a more familiar word in most of the country, especially in January and February when summer temperatures peak.

Weather words in this grid blow left to right, top to bottom or diagonally, but never back on themselves. Lightning and Hurricane are the longest. Fog and Dew are only three letters, so leave them for last.

For a class activity, keep a weather diary for a week using words from the list, and compare it with the Bureau of Meteorology forecast.

Ways to use this word search

  • In the classroom

    Print it as a task for early finishers, or to open a lesson on this topic. With the QR code on the sheet, pupils check their own answers.

  • At home and on the go

    Pack a few printed sheets for the car, the train or the holidays. A pen is all you need, no screen required.

  • Play together

    Print the sheet twice and race each other. Whoever finds all the words first wins. Or play it online and see who is fastest.

Try it in English (New Zealand) too

The same theme also exists in English (New Zealand), Spanish, French and German, each with its own word list in that language. Handy if you are learning a language: you already know the topic, now just the words.

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