climatology
noun
cli·ma·tol·o·gy ˌklī-mə-ˈtä-lə-jē 
: the science that deals with climates and their phenomena
climatological
ˌklī-mə-tə-ˈlä-ji-kəl
adjective climatologically
ˌklī-mə-tə-ˈlä-ji-k(ə-)lē
adverb climatologist
ˌklī-mə-ˈtä-lə-jist
noun 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Carbin advises looking at climatology when forecasting the tropics more than seven days out. 
Jennifer Gray, CNN, 15 Aug. 2022 The National Hurricane Center said that so far seasonal activity has been near average based on the 30-year climatology (1991-2020). Leigh Morgan, al, 4 Aug. 2022 Zoning, planning and mitigation efforts need to be backed with adequate IT enablement and transformative research in the field of climatology for maximum effectiveness. Suman Biswas, Forbes, 26 May 2022 Other forms of artificial intelligence try to hard-code information about the world: the chess strategies of grandmasters, the principles of climatology. New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022 March 17 was the fourth-wettest day since 1980 for the ice sheet, according to modeling and analysis by Xavier Fettweis, a climatology professor at the University of Liège in Belgium. NBC News, 27 Mar. 2022 California is geographically complex, as the topography and climatology vary widely from one end of the state to the other. Allison Chinchar, CNN, 27 Feb. 2022 According to the National Weather Service's Christmas Day climatology report, which has kept records since 1871, the warmest high temperature recorded was 66 degrees in 1893. Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2021 American athletes headed for Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics might not be formally educated in climatology or conversant in all the relevant political arguments. Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2022 See More
Jennifer Gray, CNN, 15 Aug. 2022 The National Hurricane Center said that so far seasonal activity has been near average based on the 30-year climatology (1991-2020). Leigh Morgan, al, 4 Aug. 2022 Zoning, planning and mitigation efforts need to be backed with adequate IT enablement and transformative research in the field of climatology for maximum effectiveness. Suman Biswas, Forbes, 26 May 2022 Other forms of artificial intelligence try to hard-code information about the world: the chess strategies of grandmasters, the principles of climatology. New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022 March 17 was the fourth-wettest day since 1980 for the ice sheet, according to modeling and analysis by Xavier Fettweis, a climatology professor at the University of Liège in Belgium. NBC News, 27 Mar. 2022 California is geographically complex, as the topography and climatology vary widely from one end of the state to the other. Allison Chinchar, CNN, 27 Feb. 2022 According to the National Weather Service's Christmas Day climatology report, which has kept records since 1871, the warmest high temperature recorded was 66 degrees in 1893. Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2021 American athletes headed for Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics might not be formally educated in climatology or conversant in all the relevant political arguments. Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1813, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
climatology
noun
cli·ma·tol·o·gy ˌklī-mə-ˈtäl-ə-jē
plural climatologies
: the science that deals with climates and their phenomena