Can you recall a conversation that hasn’t involved the weather?

Come on. Admit it, the weather has provided convenient filler for many a dreadful lull in convo.

I wouldn’t be surprised if observing the conditions “out there” may have even saved a marriage or two (in some cases, incessant weather chatter may been the demise of a relationship).

Any time I go for a run or walk, inevitably the mere sight of a human being will prompt me to say something like, “Sure is a nice day, isn’t it?” or “Can you believe this weather?” Unless that person—be it a neighbor or an absolute stranger—beats me to it.

I can guarantee that if I talk to my parents or in-laws, the conversation could actually revolve around the weather. And sometimes it does.

Climate change has added an entirely new dimension to weather speak and can elicit angry debate or bring a conversation to an abrupt end.

In this Green Divas Radio Show, meteorologist Paul Douglas talks about (you guessed it) the weather… and climate change.

LISTEN:

The Weather Channel enables our tendencies toward addiction. Now that weather apps are available, I check the weather every hour—sometimes more. It can be as unconscious as breathing but, at times, draws me into a conversation with myself about the day’s plans.

Who hasn’t slipped the weather man/woman into a tète-à-tète? What an ideal occupation—to be wrong 50 percent of the time and remain employed! And in this economic climate! (Pun intended.) I don’t  think there’s a person on this earth who hasn’t complained about the unfairness of it all!

Do you ever find yourself running out of clever weather talk? If so, I’ve found some weather quotes that you might want sneak into a discussion, depending on the climate.

Here are 28 of my favorite weather quotes…

The storm starts, when the drops start dropping; When the drops stop dropping then the storm starts stopping. ~ Dr. Seuss

You can’t get mad at weather because weather’s not about you. Apply that lesson to most other aspects of life. ~ Doug Coupland

Weather forecast for tonight: Dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning.
~ George Carlin

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative. ~ Oscar Wilde

Weather is a great metaphor for life–sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s bad, and there’s nothing much you can do about it but carry an umbrella. ~ Pepper Giardino

Everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it. ~ Mark Twain

Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get. ~ Mark Twain

The trouble with weather forecasting is that it’s right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it. ~ Patrick Young

Bad weather always looks worse through a window. ~ Tom Lehrer

Change of weather is the discourse of fools. ~ Thomas Fulle

You can have money piled to the ceiling but the size of your funeral is still going to depend on the weather. ~ Chuck Tanner

The storm starts, when the drops start dropping; When the drops stop dropping then the storm starts stopping. ~ Dr. Seuss

April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain. ~ T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land

There’s no such thing as bad weather, just soft people. ~ Bill Bowerman

It’s so dry the trees are bribing the dogs. ~ Charles Martin, Chasing Fireflies

A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain. ~ Robert Frost

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance. ~ Jane Austen

A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves. ~ Marcel Proust

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