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En verano hace mucho calor.

En verano hace mucho calor.
In summer it's very hot.
From Lesson 60:What's the weather like? (hace sol, nieva)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about En verano hace mucho calor.

Why does this sentence use hace instead of es or está for "it is"?
When talking about the weather, Spanish often uses the verb hacer, which means "to do" or "to make". Instead of saying "it is hot", you are literally saying "it makes heat" (hace calor).
The translation says "very hot", so why does it use mucho instead of muy?
In English, "hot" is a describing word (an adjective), so you say "very hot". In Spanish, calor is a noun meaning "heat". Because it is a noun, you must use mucho to say there is "a lot of heat". You only use muy with adjectives.
Can I say en el verano instead of just en verano?
Yes, you can say en el verano, but it is completely standard and very common in Spanish to drop the el and just say en verano when talking about something that happens generally during that season.
Why is verano written with a lowercase letter?
Unlike in English, seasons, days of the week, and months of the year are written with lowercase letters in Spanish, unless they are the very first word of a sentence.

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