A weather forecast

A weather forecast

Listen to a weather forecast and answer the questions to practise and improve your listening skills.

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Hello and good morning! Well, we're off to a good start in the south this week, as most of the rain from the weekend has disappeared – just a few patches of cloud and maybe some showers here on the east coast. They'll all clear up by lunchtime, though. Over the next day or so, London and the area around Kent can expect a couple of isolated showers, but mostly dry through until Thursday.

It's not such good news for the north-west this week, I'm afraid: more wet weather, and not a lot of sunshine. Some of today's showers will be heavy – and even thundery in Manchester and across the Pennines. Leeds will escape the thunderstorms, with drizzle and light rain only throughout the rest of the day and tonight.

Elsewhere it becomes dry today, but with some foggy patches towards Wales. In England, tomorrow morning will see a dry, bright start in most places, with high temperatures throughout the week. We might see one or two thunderstorms appearing as the week goes on, with temperatures everywhere at 29 to 30 degrees. 

By the weekend, unfortunately, the dry weather will make way for mostly cloudy skies and rain. The rain will move from Scotland, down towards the north and reach the south coast by Saturday afternoon. Temperatures, at least, will stay mostly warm at around 21 degrees for the weekend. It might feel like a nice change from the high twenties and early thirties we'll see in the week. That's all from me until tomorrow. Enjoy the mini-heatwave while you can!

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Submitted by Hoanny on Thu, 27/08/2026 - 23:58

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In my country, we don't have four seasons; we only have a rainy season and a sunny season, and both are special to me. The sunny season is a great time to enjoy myself with friends, go to the beach every weekend, visit family, and enjoy nature. On the other hand, the rainy season is a time to slow down, drink hot chocolate with my family, and enjoy indoor activities together. 

Submitted by samah_osman on Wed, 26/08/2026 - 15:06

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I like winter because, in the Middle East, It's the best season. It's not very cold, and it's a great time to have fun, go on trips and have barbecues.

Submitted by pekle84 on Wed, 29/07/2026 - 21:46

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i love winter... cold is better than heat

Submitted by Milena12345 on Sat, 25/07/2026 - 14:27

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I like the sunny weather the most because then I can go for swimming and go out with my friends more often but cold weather is okay too. In winter for example I can go for ice skates. So cold and warm weather have diffrent beneficts I think.

Submitted by ABONHR on Tue, 14/07/2026 - 13:17

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I prefer winter. Most of the year in the Middle East is really hot and dry weather, with high temperatures that goes above 40 degrees Celsius. So when winter comes it means that life came back again for us.

Submitted by Bajalan on Sat, 04/07/2026 - 16:49

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In fact, I prefer cool weather with some drizzle rain like in the beginning of fall. It looks calm and romance rather than hot weather or heatwave in the summer is nerve-wracking. As some studies show that weather can be affected on human mood and reflected the feeling accordingly the weather conditions. 

Submitted by cittàutopica on Tue, 30/06/2026 - 12:10

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I don't have any preferences, also because I live in a region with a Mediterraneam climate, without overstated meteorological phenomena.

Submitted by Carmen1973 on Fri, 26/06/2026 - 17:41

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My favourite season is autumn, when the days are usually sunny, although there can sometimes be clouds  in the sky. The temperature is normally around 20 degrees during the day, and occasionally it rains lightly. At night, the temperature drops, and it becomes the perfect weather for sleeping.

Submitted by bluebearychan on Fri, 26/06/2026 - 16:09

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My best weather is a little hot weather between spring and summer. 
Not so hot but not many mosquitos yet. 
I can feel nice with cold water and kids,plants and bugs are happy with nice weather.

Then I can be happy with them too!