Weather Weather can change at any time, but places do experience typical seasonal and regional patterns. Weather is made up of: Climate Climate can be seasonal, regional or global. Regional climate is influenced by: goes-r.gov TIMELINE T Types of weather: MINUTES Snow Rain Clouds Satellites in NOAA's Did you know? HOURS Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites-A Series (GOES-R) keep a close eye on weather DAYS and climate from 22,000 miles above Earth. Thunderstorms Wind MONTHS Types of climate: YEARS Temperate Tropical Dry Did you know? Global climate is an DECADES average of all the regional climates across Earth and describes the climate of the entire planet. CENTURIES 1 Polar Continental scijinks.gov