Weather or Climate? is a free printable Grade 3 science worksheet on telling one day's weather from a region's climate over many years, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 3-ESS2-2. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Weather or Climate?

3-ESS2-2

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Sort each sentence into weather or climate.

1.Sort each one: Weather: what the air is doing on one day or Climate: what it is usually like over many years?

Sort: Snow fell on Saturday, A thunderstorm hit the coast on Tuesday, Over thirty years, July has been the warmest month here, This coast gets rain in every season of the year

Weather: what the air is doing on one dayClimate: what it is usually like over many years

2.Sort each one: Weather: what the air is doing on one day or Climate: what it is usually like over many years?

Sort: Most years, the first frost here comes in October, Tonight will be frosty, Summers here are usually hot and dry, It reached 31 degrees in the city today

Weather: what the air is doing on one dayClimate: what it is usually like over many years

3.Sort each one: Weather: what the air is doing on one day or Climate: what it is usually like over many years?

Sort: Winters in the far north are long and very cold, Yesterday afternoon was very windy, It is raining in town this morning, The desert gets almost no rain in most years

Weather: what the air is doing on one dayClimate: what it is usually like over many years

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Answer key — Weather or Climate?

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. A thunderstorm hit the coast on Tuesday — Weather: what the air is doing on one day 2. Over thirty years, July has been the warmest month here — Climate: what it is usually like over many years 3. Snow fell on Saturday — Weather: what the air is doing on one day 4. This coast gets rain in every season of the year — Climate: what it is usually like over many years
2.1. It reached 31 degrees in the city today — Weather: what the air is doing on one day 2. Most years, the first frost here comes in October — Climate: what it is usually like over many years 3. Summers here are usually hot and dry — Climate: what it is usually like over many years 4. Tonight will be frosty — Weather: what the air is doing on one day
3.1. It is raining in town this morning — Weather: what the air is doing on one day 2. The desert gets almost no rain in most years — Climate: what it is usually like over many years 3. Winters in the far north are long and very cold — Climate: what it is usually like over many years 4. Yesterday afternoon was very windy — Weather: what the air is doing on one day

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 3-ESS2-2 of the Next Generation Science Standards.