Which statement gives a correct feature of climate?

Correct answer: It is based on long-term averages

Direct answer: A, climate is based on long-term averages. Weather describes the condition of the atmosphere at a particular time, such as today’s rain. Climate describes the usual pattern of temperature, rainfall, wind and humidity over a long period, commonly about thirty years or more. Option A is correct because long-term observations are averaged to identify climate. Option B is wrong because a one-minute condition is weather, not climate. Option C is wrong because climate exists over land, sea and all regions, not only in the sea. Option D is wrong because climate is longer-term than weather, not shorter. For example, one rainy day is weather, while the usual rainy pattern of a place is climate. First collect observations over many years, then find the general pattern; that is the reasoning. Memory cue: weather is “today,” climate is “usual over many years.”