If the climate is the long-term average of weather, how can climate change?

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Rayan Heath

17 January, 21:11

If the climate is the long-term average of weather, how can climate change?

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Severe weather conditions include hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, and droughts. Climate is the long-term average of the weather in a given place. While the weather can change in minutes or hours, a change in climate is something that develops over longer periods of decades to centuries.