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how's the weather

how's the weather

1 1.7
Asking what the weather is like in a place
  • idiom
translation icon : ¿cómo está el clima?
  • How's the weather?

Examples

  • I wonder how's the weather... at the beach today.

  • How's the weather... this afternoon in Miami?

  • Can you tell me how's the weather... in New York right now?

Surface Forms

how's the weather main

Morphology

how's + the + weather

This is a fully compositional interrogative: 'how' (in what way) + 'the' + 'weather' (state of the atmosphere) yields the direct meaning 'what are the current weather conditions'. The only potential hurdle is the informal contraction 'how's' for 'how is', which a B1 learner who knows basic contractions will readily interpret, so the phrase is transparent.

Etymology

How's the weather is an everyday question people use to find out what the weather is like in a place. Imagine someone looking out of a window and saying 'it's sunny' or 'it's raining', so it simply means 'ask about the current weather conditions'.