Weather word search word list

47 words, hand-picked to fit a 15×15 grid. Free to use in any puzzle you make, including ones you sell.

The button opens the free generator with this theme selected. It draws 15 words per puzzle and can make hundreds of different puzzles from this list without repeating a set — a 100-puzzle book comes to 124 pages at 6 × 9.

The list

• Atmosphere
• Barometer
• Blizzard
• Breeze
• Chill
• Climate
• Cloudburst
• Cloudy
• Cyclone
• Downpour
• Drizzle
• Drought
• Flood
• Fog
• Forecast
• Freezing
• Frost
• Gale
• Gust
• Hail
• Haze
• Humid
• Hurricane
• Isobar
• Lightning
• Meteorologist
• Mist
• Monsoon
• Overcast
• Puddle
• Rainbow
• Rainfall
• Sleet
• Slush
• Snowdrift
• Snowfall
• Squall
• Sunny
• Sunshine
• Temperature
• Thermometer
• Thunder
• Tornado
• Typhoon
• Umbrella
• Visibility
• Wind

Copy freely. One per line or comma-separated pastes straight into the generator's "Your own list" box if you want to add or remove words.

Crossword clues for every word

The same list with a plain-language clue for each word — written for the crossword type, and free to use in a grid you build yourself. Copy the lines as they are (word — clue) into the generator's own-list box and it makes the crossword for you.

• Atmosphere — Layer of gas around a planet
• Barometer — Instrument that measures air pressure
• Blizzard — Severe snowstorm
• Breeze — Gentle wind
• Chill — Cold in the air
• Climate — Typical weather of a region
• Cloudburst — Sudden heavy downpour
• Cloudy — Sky covered in grey
• Cyclone — Spinning tropical storm
• Downpour — Heavy rain
• Drizzle — Fine light rain
• Drought — Long spell without rain
• Flood — Water where it should not be
• Fog — Thick low cloud at ground level
• Forecast — Prediction of tomorrow's weather
• Freezing — At or below zero
• Frost — Icy coating on a winter morning
• Gale — Very strong wind
• Gust — Sudden burst of wind
• Hail — Ice pellets falling from a storm
• Haze — Thin mist that dims the view
• Humid — Damp and sticky
• Hurricane — Great Atlantic storm with a name
• Isobar — Line of equal pressure on a chart
• Lightning — Flash before the thunder
• Meteorologist — Weather scientist
• Mist — Light fog
• Monsoon — Season of heavy rains in Asia
• Overcast — Sky fully covered in cloud
• Puddle — Small pool after rain
• Rainbow — Arc of colours after a shower
• Rainfall — Precipitation, as measured in inches
• Sleet — Rain mixed with snow
• Slush — Melting snow underfoot
• Snowdrift — Bank piled up by a blizzard wind
• Snowfall — Winter precipitation, as measured in inches
• Squall — Sudden violent gust with rain
• Sunny — Bright and clear
• Sunshine — Direct light from the sun
• Temperature — How hot or cold it is
• Thermometer — Instrument that measures heat
• Thunder — Rumble after the flash
• Tornado — Twisting funnel of wind
• Typhoon — Pacific hurricane
• Umbrella — Carried against the rain
• Visibility — How far you can see
• Wind — Moving air

A puzzle made from it

Medium difficulty: across, down and diagonals, nothing backwards. Every word appears exactly once — the generator checks the finished grid rather than assuming. Solutions are in the book, not on this page.