# Weather and clothes in English

Asking about the weather and saying what to wear are two topics you can use every day. Weather words, clothes, and short sentences that combine them.

Author: Aslıgül Aşkın · Published: 2026-10-01 · Updated: 2026-10-12
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Learned together, weather and clothes give you a ready topic for practice every morning: what's the weather like, and what should we wear? Combining them links the words to a real decision.

## Weather

sunny, cloudy, rainy, windy, snowy, foggy, hot, warm, cool, cold. Question: “What's the weather like today?” Answer: “It's sunny and warm.”, “It's raining.”

## “It” in weather sentences

Turkish can say “Bugün çok soğuk” with no subject at all. An English sentence always needs one, so weather sentences use an empty “it”: “It's cold.”, “It's windy today.” Questions keep the same “it”: “Is it cold outside?”

Temperatures use “it” too: “It's 25 degrees.” Below zero, say “It's minus three.” A bitterly cold day is “freezing”, and air that makes you shiver a little is “chilly”.

Keep the weather and your own feeling apart: “It's cold.” is about the air, “I'm cold.” is about you. Where Turkish uses the verb “üşümek”, English uses “to be” with an adjective: “I'm cold.”, “I'm hot.”

## Clothes

T-shirt, shirt, jumper, jacket, coat, trousers, shorts, skirt, dress, shoes, boots, hat, scarf, gloves.

Trousers, shorts and jeans are always plural because they have two legs: “My trousers are new.” To count one, use “a pair of”: “I need a new pair of jeans.” Gloves do have a singular: “I've lost a glove.” In British English, “pants” means underwear, not trousers.

What to wear in each kind of weather

| Weather | Clothes | Example sentence |
| --- | --- | --- |
| hot and sunny | T-shirt, shorts, hat | “It's hot. I'm wearing shorts.” |
| cool and windy | jumper, jacket | “Take a jacket. It's windy.” |
| rainy | coat, boots, umbrella | “Wear your boots. It's wet outside.” |
| cold and snowy | coat, scarf, gloves | “It's freezing. Don't forget your gloves.” |

## Putting them together

- “It's cold today, so I'm wearing a coat and a scarf.”
- “It's hot. Let's wear shorts.”
- “Take an umbrella. It's going to rain.”

“Put on” is the action of dressing; “wear” describes what you have on: “Put on your coat.” but “I'm wearing a coat.”

## Choosing clothes with “too” and “enough”

“Too” means more than you want and comes before the adjective: “It's too cold for shorts.” “Enough” means as much as you need and comes after it: “It's warm enough for a T-shirt.” Turkish puts “yeterince” first, so “enough warm” is a very common slip.

A few more useful patterns: “Do I need a coat?”, “Take a jumper, just in case.”, “It's hot in here. I'm taking off my jacket.” “Take off” is the opposite of “put on”.

## One minute every morning

Look out of the window, say the weather in English, then name two clothes that suit the day. Turn it into a game with children: “It's snowy! What do we need?” “Boots and gloves!”

## A short conversation at the door

A mother and her child talk at the front door before school; share the roles and read it aloud.

- “Mum, what's the weather like today?”
- “It's cloudy and windy. It's only eight degrees.”
- “Do I need my coat?”
- “Yes, it's too cold for a jacket. Put on your coat and take a scarf.”
- “Is it going to rain?”
- “Maybe. Take your umbrella, just in case.”

## Common mistakes Turkish speakers make

Frequent slips in weather and clothes sentences

| Mistake | Correct | Why |
| --- | --- | --- |
| “Is very cold today.” | “It's very cold today.” | The subject can't be dropped; weather needs “it”. |
| “It's 30 degree.” | “It's 30 degrees.” | More than one degree is plural. |
| “I bought a new trouser.” | “I bought new trousers.” | “Trousers” is always plural. |
| “Put your coat.” | “Put on your coat.” | For dressing, “put” needs “on”. |
| “My clothe is wet.” | “My clothes are wet.” | “Clothes” is a plural noun. |

To keep going, see [Days, months, seasons, and telling the time in English](https://grammardots.com/en/blog/days-months-seasons-and-time-in-english) and [Talking about hobbies and weekend plans in English](https://grammardots.com/en/blog/hobbies-and-weekend-plans-in-english).

## Frequently asked questions

### Are “It's raining” and “It's rainy” the same?

They are close: “It's raining” means it is raining now, and “It's rainy” describes generally rainy weather.

### What is the difference between “wear” and “put on”?

“Put on” is the action of dressing; “wear” describes what you have on: “Put on your coat.”, “I'm wearing a coat.”

### Is “How is the weather like?” correct?

No. Say either “What's the weather like?” or “How's the weather?”; “like” goes only with “what”.