Weather Word Search
- HURRICANE
- SLEET
- SNOW
- THAW
- STORM
- SUNBEAM
- LIGHTNING
- SHOWER
- RAIN
- MONSOON
- GALE
- WIND
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Weather Word Search, Answer Key
- HURRICANE
- SLEET
- SNOW
- THAW
- STORM
- SUNBEAM
- LIGHTNING
- SHOWER
- RAIN
- MONSOON
- GALE
- WIND
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Four sheets, each with a different job. Every one is a two-page PDF, the puzzle, then the answer key on its own page.
Weather words are useful because they are immediately checkable against the window, which is rare in vocabulary work. A child can find "drizzle" and then tell you whether it is happening.
The list runs from the everyday to the dramatic, so it stretches across ages. For younger children, cut it to the short familiar ones; for older, the blizzard-and-cyclone end has more to chew on.
Weather words are worth doing because children use them daily without ever reading them. Drizzle, sleet and overcast are heard far more often than they are seen written down.
A running weather chart pairs with this almost automatically: find the words on Monday, then mark off which ones actually turned up by Friday.
Common questions
Does this fit a daily weather chart?
Closely. SUNNY, FOGGY, CHILLY, OVERCAST and GUSTY are the words a classroom chart actually uses, so the sheet doubles as the vocabulary list for one, and the words are being read in the same week they are being said aloud.
Why are there so many words for rain?
Because the differences are the interesting part. DRIZZLE, SHOWER and DOWNPOUR are the same weather at three strengths, and SLEET, HAIL and SLUSH are what happens when it cannot decide whether to be snow. Putting them in order is a better exercise than finding them.
How many words can I use?
Up to twenty-five. Ten to fifteen is comfortable for most grids. If you add more than the grid can hold, the tool tells you which words did not fit rather than silently leaving them out.
Why did one of my words not fit?
Either it is longer than the grid is wide, or the grid filled up before it could be placed. Try the next size up, remove a word, or press New puzzle for a different arrangement, a word that fails one layout often places fine in the next.
Can I make it easier for younger children?
Yes. Set difficulty to Easy so words only run left to right and top to bottom, and use a 10 by 10 grid with five to eight short words. That combination is manageable for most children who can read the words on the list.
Is there an answer key?
Always, and it prints on its own page so you can hand out the puzzle without it. Each answer is marked directly on a copy of the grid.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no sign-up, no email, and no watermark on the printed sheet. Puzzles are built in your browser, so your word list never reaches us.
Can I use these puzzles in my classroom?
Yes, use them with your class, your family, your club, or your care home, and print as many copies as you need. The one thing we ask is that you do not resell the sheets themselves.
Want to know when new printables go up?
New printables when they go up, mostly seasonal, a few times a year.