The weather - El tiempo In English and Spanish

Talking about the weather: The first thing you notice when talking about the weather in Spanish is the use of "hace" and "hay" whereas in English we use "to be" EG: It is sunny = Hace sol (literally it makes sun) It is hot = Hace calor It is stormy- Hay tormenta
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English	Spanish
the weather is good	hace buen tiempo
the weather is bad in the weather	hace mal tiempo
it's cold	hace frío
it's hot	hace calor
it's windy	hace aire/hace viento
it's sunny	hace sol
it's raining	está lloviendo/llueve
it's snowing	está nevando/nieva
it's cloudy	está nublado/está nuboso
it's stormy	hay tormenta
it's foggy	hay niebla

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