When weather starts to average out in a pattern over many years, like 30 years, scientists can calculate the average weather conditions in a place or region. This is what we call climate. Remember that weather is usually the way we describe the conditions over an hour, day, or week, or maybe even a significant storm, but climate is how we describe a place’s long-term weather conditions. What are ways you would describe our climate and how it compares to the climate in other parts of the country?