Weather Coloring Pages
Weather coloring pages show rainbows, suns, clouds, rain and snowflakes. These shapes are some of the simplest to color, so they suit toddlers and preschoolers, while detailed snowflakes and sky scenes give older kids fine patterns.
Pages to start with
Weather is something kids feel every day, which makes it an easy science topic. Start the morning by asking what the sky looks like and coloring the matching page. Talk about how clouds hold tiny water drops, how rain falls, and how a rainbow needs both sun and rain. Rainbow colors always come in the same order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Snowflakes make a winter lesson in symmetry.
Snowflakes are hard to see on white paper. Color the background dark blue or purple and leave the flake white, or trace its edges with a silver or light blue gel pen.
Fun facts to share while you color
- A rainbow always shows its colors in the same order, with red on the outside.
- Clouds are made of tiny drops of water or bits of ice floating in the air.
- Most snowflakes have six sides or six points.
- The sun is a star, and it is the closest star to Earth.
Ways to use these weather pages
- Make a weather chart for the week and color one page each day to match the sky outside.
- Turn a colored rainbow into a mobile with cotton ball clouds and paper streamers for rain.
- Cut out colored snowflakes and tape them to a window on a gray day.
- Read a picture book about weather, then color the kind of day the story shows.
Questions parents and teachers ask
What order do rainbow colors go in?
From the outside in, a rainbow goes red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Many kids remember it with the name Roy G. Biv.
Why do snowflakes have six sides?
Water freezes into ice crystals with a six-sided shape, so snowflakes usually grow six arms. Each one grows a little differently as it falls.
Which weather pages are easiest for toddlers?
A sun, a single cloud or a raindrop has a big, simple shape. A rainbow is good practice for staying inside each stripe.