Who makes it? Why, it is our lovely "He", the unspecified third person pronoun.
I may sound like I'm preaching, but I'm only referring to the act of using the verb faire (to make) in third person to describe the surrounding weather conditions.
Take the following examples:
Il fait froid
|
it makes cold
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It’s cold
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Il fait chaud
|
it makes heat
|
It’s hot
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Il fait moins trente
|
it makes minus thirty
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It’s minus thirty
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Il fait frais
|
it makes cool
|
It is cool
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Il fait beau
|
it makes pretty
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It’s nice
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Il fait nuageux
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it makes cloudy
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It’s cloudy
|
Precipitation is different, and gets its own verb.
Il pleut
|
it rains
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It’s raining
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Il neige
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it snows
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It’s snowing
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Il grêle
|
it hails
| It's hailing |
Mind you, these are general weather conditions. If you are referring to a specific aspect of the weather, you would state that there is such a thing outside, in the same way that you would state there is a bank at the end of the street.
Il y a de la neige
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There is snow
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Il y a des nuages
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There are clouds
|
Il y a un orage
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There is a storm
|
Il y a un tremblement de terre
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There is an earthquake
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Il y a une tornade
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There is a tornado
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Il y a des éclairs
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There is lightning
|
Your challenge:
- Write up the weather forecast for today
- Frown upon #1 and describe the weather forecast you would rather have.
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