{"id":65,"date":"2026-09-30T15:53:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T13:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leweb2ks.dev\/vitrine-vocadial\/fr\/ressources\/meteo-en-anglais\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T15:53:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T13:53:27","slug":"meteo-en-anglais","status":"publish","type":"vd_ressource","link":"https:\/\/vocadial.com\/fr\/ressources\/meteo-en-anglais\/","title":{"rendered":"La m\u00e9t\u00e9o en anglais : d\u00e9crire le temps, temp\u00e9ratures, pr\u00e9visions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"demander-le-temps-qu-il-fait\">Demander le temps qu&rsquo;il fait<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La question la plus courante est <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">What&rsquo;s the weather like?<\/span>, avec <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">like<\/span> au sens de \u00ab comment \u00bb, et non d&rsquo;\u00ab aimer \u00bb. On entend aussi <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">How&rsquo;s the weather?<\/span> et, surtout en anglais am\u00e9ricain, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">What&rsquo;s the weather?<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">What&rsquo;s the weather like today? \u2014 It&rsquo;s sunny.<\/span><small>Quel temps fait-il aujourd&rsquo;hui ? \u2014 Il y a du soleil.<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">What&rsquo;s the weather like in London? \u2014 It&rsquo;s raining.<\/span><small>Quel temps fait-il \u00e0 Londres ? \u2014 Il pleut.<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le mot <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">weather<\/span> se prononce exactement comme <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">whether<\/span> (\u00ab si \u00bb) : \/\u02c8we\u00f0\u0259\/, avec le th doux de <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">the<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"it-s-adjectif-it-s-ing\">It&rsquo;s + adjectif, it&rsquo;s + -ing<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L\u00e0 o\u00f9 le fran\u00e7ais dit \u00ab il fait \u00bb ou \u00ab il y a \u00bb, l&rsquo;anglais emploie presque toujours <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">it&rsquo;s<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list rules-list\"><li><strong>It&rsquo;s + adjectif<\/strong> pour d\u00e9crire : <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&rsquo;s sunny<\/span>, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">it&rsquo;s cloudy<\/span>, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">it&rsquo;s windy<\/span>, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">it&rsquo;s foggy<\/span>, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">it&rsquo;s hot<\/span>, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">it&rsquo;s cold<\/span>.<\/li><li><strong>It&rsquo;s + verbe en -ing<\/strong> pour ce qui se passe en ce moment : <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&rsquo;s raining<\/span>, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">it&rsquo;s snowing<\/span>, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">it&rsquo;s drizzling<\/span> (il bruine), <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">it&rsquo;s pouring<\/span> (il pleut \u00e0 verse).<\/li><li><strong>Le pr\u00e9sent simple pour l&rsquo;habitude<\/strong> : <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It rains a lot in Manchester.<\/span> Mais pas pour d\u00e9crire la fen\u00eatre : \u00ab It rains \u00bb ne veut pas dire \u00ab il pleut en ce moment \u00bb.<\/li><li><strong>There&rsquo;s + nom<\/strong> pour certains ph\u00e9nom\u00e8nes : <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">There&rsquo;s a storm.<\/span> <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">There&rsquo;s fog.<\/span> <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">There&rsquo;s a strong wind.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beaucoup d&rsquo;adjectifs se forment en ajoutant -y au nom, ce qui aide \u00e0 les m\u00e9moriser :<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table vocab say-en\"><table><thead><tr><th>Nom<\/th><th>Adjectif<\/th><th>Fran\u00e7ais<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>sun<\/td><td>sunny<\/td><td>ensoleill\u00e9 (n doubl\u00e9)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>cloud<\/td><td>cloudy<\/td><td>nuageux<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>wind<\/td><td>windy<\/td><td>venteux<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>rain<\/td><td>rainy<\/td><td>pluvieux<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>fog<\/td><td>foggy<\/td><td>brumeux (g doubl\u00e9)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>snow<\/td><td>snowy<\/td><td>neigeux<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>storm<\/td><td>stormy<\/td><td>orageux<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ice<\/td><td>icy<\/td><td>verglac\u00e9<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attention : <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&rsquo;s rainy<\/span> d\u00e9crit un temps ou une p\u00e9riode pluvieuse ; pour la pluie qui tombe maintenant, on dit <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&rsquo;s raining<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Et pour les temp\u00e9ratures ressenties :<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&rsquo;s hot<\/span> (chaud), <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">it&rsquo;s warm<\/span> (doux, agr\u00e9ablement chaud), <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">it&rsquo;s mild<\/span> (doux, en hiver).<\/li><li><span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&rsquo;s cool<\/span> (frais), <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">it&rsquo;s cold<\/span> (froid), <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">it&rsquo;s freezing<\/span> (glacial).<\/li><li><span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&rsquo;s wet<\/span> (humide, pluvieux), <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">it&rsquo;s dry<\/span> (sec), <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">it&rsquo;s humid<\/span> (lourd, humide).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Il fait froid, j&rsquo;ai froid<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&rsquo;s cold.<\/span> : il fait froid (la m\u00e9t\u00e9o).<\/li><li><span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">I&rsquo;m cold.<\/span> : j&rsquo;ai froid (la personne), avec <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">be<\/span> et non <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">have<\/span>.<\/li><li><span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">I&rsquo;ve got a cold.<\/span> : j&rsquo;ai un rhume.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"les-temperatures-celsius-ou-fahrenheit\">Les temp\u00e9ratures : Celsius ou Fahrenheit ?<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le Royaume-Uni utilise officiellement les degr\u00e9s Celsius dans ses bulletins ; on entend encore parfois des Fahrenheit dans la conversation, surtout pour les fortes chaleurs. Les \u00c9tats-Unis comptent en Fahrenheit.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">It&rsquo;s twenty degrees.<\/span><small>Il fait vingt degr\u00e9s.<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">It&rsquo;s minus five. \/ It&rsquo;s five below zero.<\/span><small>Il fait moins cinq.<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">It&rsquo;s below freezing.<\/span><small>Il g\u00e8le, il fait moins de z\u00e9ro.<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">It&rsquo;s 75 degrees Fahrenheit.<\/span><small>Il fait 75 degr\u00e9s Fahrenheit (environ 24 \u00b0C).<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quelques rep\u00e8res : 0 \u00b0C = 32 \u00b0F ; 10 \u00b0C = 50 \u00b0F ; 20 \u00b0C = 68 \u00b0F ; 30 \u00b0C = 86 \u00b0F ; 37 \u00b0C \u2248 98,6 \u00b0F. Le calcul exact : \u00b0F = \u00b0C \u00d7 1,8 + 32. Pour une estimation rapide, doublez et ajoutez 30.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"les-previsions\">Les pr\u00e9visions<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le bulletin se dit <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">the weather forecast<\/span> ; celui qui le pr\u00e9sente, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">the weather presenter<\/span> ou <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">the weather forecaster<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">It will rain tomorrow.<\/span><small>Il pleuvra demain.<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">It&rsquo;s going to rain.<\/span><small>Il va pleuvoir (on voit les nuages arriver).<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">There will be showers in the afternoon.<\/span><small>Il y aura des averses l&rsquo;apr\u00e8s-midi.<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"example wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"tl\">Tomorrow will be sunny, with highs of 22 degrees.<\/span><small>Demain, soleil, avec des maximales de 22 degr\u00e9s.<\/small><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le vocabulaire typique des bulletins britanniques : <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">sunny spells<\/span> (\u00e9claircies), <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">scattered showers<\/span> (averses \u00e9parses), <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">outbreaks of rain<\/span> (\u00e9pisodes pluvieux), <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">gusts<\/span> (rafales), <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">frost<\/span> (gel\u00e9e), <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">a heatwave<\/span> (une canicule), <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">lows of 5<\/span> (minimales de 5).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Au pass\u00e9 : <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It was sunny yesterday.<\/span> <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It rained all day.<\/span> <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It snowed last night.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Une expression c\u00e9l\u00e8bre : <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&rsquo;s raining cats and dogs.<\/span> (il pleut des cordes). Les \u00e9l\u00e8ves l&rsquo;adorent, mais signalez qu&rsquo;elle est plut\u00f4t vieillie ; on dit aujourd&rsquo;hui <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&rsquo;s pouring (down).<\/span> ou <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&rsquo;s bucketing down.<\/span> (britannique).<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"en-classe-le-rituel-de-la-meteo\">En classe : le rituel de la m\u00e9t\u00e9o<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La m\u00e9t\u00e9o est souvent l&rsquo;un des premiers rituels anglais au primaire, avec la date. Au coll\u00e8ge, elle devient un exercice de temps verbaux.<\/p>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list steps-list\"><li>Commencez par la fen\u00eatre : <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">What&rsquo;s the weather like today?<\/span><\/li><li>Choisissez une ville anglophone : <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">What&rsquo;s the weather like in Edinburgh?<\/span><\/li><li>La classe r\u00e9pond, avec la temp\u00e9rature d\u00e8s le cycle 3 : <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&rsquo;s cloudy and it&rsquo;s twelve degrees.<\/span><\/li><li>D\u00e9voilez la r\u00e9ponse : la vraie m\u00e9t\u00e9o du jour dans cette ville.<\/li><li>Changez de ville chaque jour, de Londres \u00e0 Sydney en passant par New York, pour croiser les h\u00e9misph\u00e8res et les Fahrenheit.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Avec la vraie m\u00e9t\u00e9o du jour, la r\u00e9ponse n&rsquo;est jamais connue d&rsquo;avance : c&rsquo;est exactement ce que fait un rituel quotidien bien con\u00e7u.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Au primaire (cycles 2 et 3)<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Le tableau m\u00e9t\u00e9o<\/strong> : des \u00e9tiquettes illustr\u00e9es (<span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">sunny<\/span>, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">cloudy<\/span>, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">rainy<\/span>, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">windy<\/span>, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">snowy<\/span>) qu&rsquo;un \u00e9l\u00e8ve place chaque matin.<\/li><li><strong>Les gestes<\/strong> : un geste par temps, que la classe fait en disant le mot.<\/li><li><strong>La m\u00e9t\u00e9o de la semaine<\/strong> : <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">On Monday it was sunny.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Au coll\u00e8ge<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Le pr\u00e9sentateur<\/strong> : un \u00e9l\u00e8ve pr\u00e9sente le bulletin devant une carte des \u00eeles Britanniques.<\/li><li><strong>La conversion<\/strong> : Celsius et Fahrenheit, en calcul mental.<\/li><li><strong>Le small talk<\/strong> : la m\u00e9t\u00e9o est le sujet de conversation britannique par excellence ; faites jouer un \u00e9change \u00e0 l&rsquo;arr\u00eat de bus (<span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">Lovely day, isn&rsquo;t it?<\/span>).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adapter au niveau de la classe<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list levels-list\"><li><b>A1<\/b>Une phrase simple : <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&rsquo;s sunny.<\/span> <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&rsquo;s raining.<\/span><\/li><li><b>A2<\/b>La temp\u00e9rature et la comparaison : <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It&rsquo;s colder in Edinburgh than in London.<\/span><\/li><li><b>B1<\/b>Hier et demain : <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">It rained yesterday; it&rsquo;s going to be sunny tomorrow.<\/span><\/li><li><b>B2<\/b>Les nuances des bulletins et l&rsquo;hypoth\u00e8se : <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">If it stays dry, we&rsquo;ll go out.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"les-erreurs-typiques-des-eleves-francophones\">Les erreurs typiques des \u00e9l\u00e8ves francophones<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>\u00ab It makes sunny \u00bb, \u00ab it does cold \u00bb<\/strong> : calques de \u00ab il fait \u00bb. Il faut <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">it&rsquo;s sunny<\/span>, <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">it&rsquo;s cold<\/span>.<\/li><li><strong>\u00ab It&rsquo;s sun \u00bb<\/strong> : l&rsquo;adjectif est <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">sunny<\/span>.<\/li><li><strong>\u00ab It rains \u00bb pour \u00ab il pleut en ce moment \u00bb<\/strong> : il faut <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">it&rsquo;s raining<\/span>.<\/li><li><strong>\u00ab I have cold \u00bb<\/strong> pour \u00ab j&rsquo;ai froid \u00bb : <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">I&rsquo;m cold<\/span>.<\/li><li><strong>\u00ab What&rsquo;s the weather like? \u00bb compris comme \u00ab aimer \u00bb<\/strong> : expliquez le sens de <span class=\"tl\" lang=\"en\">like<\/span>.<\/li><li><strong>\u00ab Sunny \u00bb \u00e9crit avec un seul n<\/strong>, \u00ab fogy \u00bb avec un seul g.<\/li><li><strong>Le th de weather<\/strong> prononc\u00e9 z ou d : \u00ab wezer \u00bb, \u00ab weder \u00bb.<\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&rsquo;s sunny, it&rsquo;s raining, it&rsquo;s freezing : d\u00e9crire le temps en anglais, les degr\u00e9s Celsius et Fahrenheit, les pr\u00e9visions et un rituel quotidien.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"menu_order":7,"template":"","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"M\u00e9t\u00e9o en anglais : it's sunny, it's raining | VocaDial","_seopress_titles_desc":"Dire le temps qu'il fait en anglais : it's sunny, it's raining, \u00b0C ou \u00b0F, les pr\u00e9visions et des rituels m\u00e9t\u00e9o pour le primaire et le coll\u00e8ge.","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"_vd_topic":"meteo","_vd_target":"en","_vd_module":"tiempo","_vd_level":"A1","_vd_minutes":"7","_vd_card_word":"sunny\u2026","_vd_answer":"Pour dire le temps qu'il fait en anglais, on demande What's the weather like? et on r\u00e9pond avec it's + adjectif (it's sunny, it's cloudy, it's cold) ou it's + verbe en -ing pour ce qui se passe maintenant (it's raining, it's snowing).","_vd_faq":"[{\"q\":\"Comment dit-on \u00ab quel temps fait-il ? \u00bb en anglais ?\",\"a\":\"What's the weather like? On r\u00e9pond avec it's : It's sunny, it's raining. On entend aussi How's the weather?\"},{\"q\":\"Comment dire \u00ab il pleut \u00bb en anglais ?\",\"a\":\"It's raining, au pr\u00e9sent en BE+ING, pour la pluie qui tombe maintenant. It rains (pr\u00e9sent simple) exprime une habitude : It rains a lot in Wales.\"},{\"q\":\"Comment dire \u00ab il fait beau \u00bb en anglais ?\",\"a\":\"It's sunny, ou It's a nice day \\\/ It's lovely weather. Au Royaume-Uni, on entend souvent Lovely day, isn't it?\"},{\"q\":\"Les Anglais utilisent-ils les degr\u00e9s Celsius ou Fahrenheit ?\",\"a\":\"Les bulletins m\u00e9t\u00e9o britanniques sont en degr\u00e9s Celsius ; les Fahrenheit survivent parfois dans la conversation. Les \u00c9tats-Unis utilisent les degr\u00e9s Fahrenheit.\"},{\"q\":\"Comment convertir des degr\u00e9s Fahrenheit en Celsius ?\",\"a\":\"\u00b0C = (\u00b0F \u2212 32) \u00f7 1,8. Par exemple, 68 \u00b0F = 20 \u00b0C. 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