Weather changes in the short-term and it's how we describe what's going on now. It changes every day just by the rising and setting of the sun. It also changes seasonally with summer and winter. Climate takes many, many years to change. Global average climate changes very little compared to weather conditions that change on daily time scales. Here are some comparisons that show the differences in how we talk about weather versus climate change.

 

"I can remember 50 years ago when every winter meant getting a lot of snow. Now, we only get one or two big snowfalls a season."

"I've been growing crops here for 40 years, and we now have to use irrigation because there is less rain than there used to be."

"It seems like springtime is coming earlier these days than it did 50 years ago."