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Weather Word Search: Free Printable PDF

A weather vocabulary puzzle that mixes things you can observe with words used in a forecast. Twelve terms include short words such as wind and longer ones such as temperature. The word bank stays on the page, and every word has a matching path on the answer key.

A good fit for Weather lessons, home science activities, and vocabulary review.

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A LITTLE MORE THAN A WORKSHEET

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Make a three-column weather journal: what you see, what you measure, and what a forecast predicts. Sort the puzzle words into the columns; some words may fit more than one.

Make the most of it

  • Explain that humidity describes moisture in the air.
  • Distinguish thunder, which you hear, from lightning, which you see.
  • Replace unfamiliar terms with words from the current lesson.

Words to find

  • FORECAST
  • TEMPERATURE
  • HUMIDITY
  • RAINBOW
  • THUNDER
  • LIGHTNING
  • DRIZZLE
  • CLOUD
  • WIND
  • FROST
  • SUNSHINE
  • SNOW

Default: 15 × 15 grid · Includes diagonals · No backward words

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One word per line or separated by commas. Up to 32 words. Letters A–Z; accents are simplified.

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Printing your weather printable

Choose US Letter for an 8.5 × 11 inch sheet, or A4 for a 210 × 297 mm sheet. The two downloads contain the same puzzle. Open the PDF, select the matching paper size, and print at actual size. Print single-sided if you want to hand out the puzzle without revealing the answer key.

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Does the download include answers?

Yes. The weather printable includes a separate solution page matching the puzzle.

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Yes. You may print copies for your own classroom, family, or community group. Please link to this page when sharing the resource online.

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