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Italian Reference Grammar - Date, numbers and weather

Weather

The verbs used with most weather statements are fare (to do) and essere (to be) in the third person singular.

Here are some common weather expressions in Italian.

Weather expressionEnglish translation
Fà/è bel tempo / Il tempo è belloThe weather is fine / It’s lovely weather
Fà/è brutto tempo / Il tempo è bruttoThe weather is bad / It’s bad weather
Il tempo è miteIt’s warm
Fà/è caldoIt’s hot
Fa/è freddoIt’s cold
Fà/è frescoIt’s fresh
C’è il soleIt’s sunny
C’è la nebbiaIt’s foggy
C’è ventoIt’s windy
C’è il temporaleIt’s stormy

 

Some verbs are used in the third person singular:

Weather expressionEnglish translation
Si gelaIt’s freezing
Nevica / sta nevicandoIt's snowing
Piove / sta piovendoIt’s raining