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C is for Climate! Do you know the difference between #weather and #climate? Climate is the long-term average of temperature, precipitation, and other weather variables at a given location. Basically, climate is what you expect, while weather is what you actually get. Although climate describes conditions in the #atmosphere (hot/cold, wet/dry), these conditions are influenced by the #ocean, land, sun, and atmospheric chemistry. NOAA monitors all these factors to understand and predict changes fro