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Il fait froid dans le jardin.

Il fait froid dans le jardin.
It is cold in the garden.
From Lesson 38:The verb to do/make (faire)·French

Questions & Answers about Il fait froid dans le jardin.

Why does the sentence use fait instead of est for 'is'?
In French, you use the verb faire (to do/make) to talk about the weather, not être (to be). So instead of saying 'it is cold', the French literally say 'it makes cold' (il fait froid).
Can il mean 'it' as well as 'he'?
Yes! While il usually means 'he', it is also used as an impersonal 'it' for weather expressions and general statements. Here, il fait just means 'it is' regarding the weather.
Do I pronounce the 'd' at the end of froid?
No, the 'd' in froid is silent. You only pronounce the 'd' when the word is feminine (froide), but weather expressions always use the masculine form.
Why is it dans le jardin and not just dans jardin?
In French, nouns almost always need an article like le, la, or un in front of them. Dans means 'in' or 'inside', so you need le to specify 'in the garden'.

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