weather-wise

2 6.3

As far as the weather is concerned

adverb
/ˈwɛðər waɪz/

Informal

: en cuanto al clima

Things are not going to get better weather-wise.

And I went there in February thinking it was going to actually be a lot nicer weather wise than Wisconsin was at the time.

Examples

Anyway, tomorrow night is looking to be okay weather-wise.

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And I went there in February thinking it was going to actually be a lot nicer weather wise than Wisconsin was at the time.

Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy
That year must have been one of those El Niño years, weather-wise.

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The forecast looks promising, weather-wise, with plenty of sunshine expected this weekend.
Weather-wise, it's been one of the hottest summers we've had in years.
In terms of events, the picnic is shaping up to be great, weather-wise, with clear skies predicted.

Synonyms

weatherwise

vsweather-wise

1 5.6

About the weather

is the hyphenated or alternate written form of the same idea

meteorologically

vsweather-wise

1 7.7

About the weather or the air

is the everyday, nontechnical way to refer to weather conditions

atmospherically

vsweather-wise

1 5.8

In a way that relates to the air and weather of a place

refers specifically to usual weather conditions rather than general atmospheric matters

Surface Forms

weather-wise positive

Morphology

weather-wise = weather (transparent) = weather + wise

The meaning 'with regard to the weather' is directly derived from 'weather' + the productive combining element '-wise' meaning 'in regard to'.

Etymology

Weather-wise joins weather and wise, where wise here means 'about' or 'in the way of' and appears in words like clockwise or 'money-wise'. So, weather-wise simply means 'about the weather' or 'when you think about the weather'.