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Hoy llueve y hace viento.

Hoy llueve y hace viento.
Today it's raining and windy.
From Lesson 60:What's the weather like? (hace sol, nieva)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Hoy llueve y hace viento.

Where is the word for "it" in "llueve" and "hace viento"?
In English, we have to use "it" as a subject for weather, like saying "it rains" or "it is windy". Spanish doesn't use dummy subjects like this. The concept of "it" is already built directly into the verbs llueve and hace.
Why does the sentence use "hace" (makes/does) for the wind?
In Spanish, many common weather phrases use the verb hacer (to make or do) rather than the verbs for "to be" (ser or estar). When talking about the wind, sun, or weather in general, Spanish speakers literally say "it makes wind" (hace viento), "it makes sun" (hace sol), or "it makes good weather" (hace buen tiempo).
The dictionary says the verb for "to rain" is "llover". Why is it spelled "llueve" here?
Llover is a stem-changing verb. When it is conjugated in the present tense, the o in the middle changes to ue. Since weather mostly happens in the "it" form, you will almost always see this verb in its changed form, llueve.
Why don't we use "hace" for the rain too, like "hace lluvia"?
While Spanish uses hacer plus a noun for a lot of weather conditions like wind and sun, rain and snow have their own dedicated verbs. You just use the specific verb llover (to rain) which becomes llueve (it is raining), rather than combining hacer with the noun for rain.

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