We work out what the climate in a place is by looking at the average weather for about 30 years, and seeing how warm or cold, rainy and windy it is during that time. The climate is different ...

But there most of the similarities end. The main differences between weather and climate come down to a single concept: "initialization," or the starting point of a model. In many cases ...

Here, we define both of these concepts, describe how they are measured and studied, and explain the connection between them .