Weather expert with cold capital to record is taking temperature (13)
I believe the answer is:
climatologist
'weather expert' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'cold capital to record is taking temperature' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'cold' could be 'c' (eg on taps) and 'c' is present in the answer.
'capital' could be 'lima' (capital of Peru) and 'lima' is found in the answer.
'to' is within the answer.
'record' could be 'log' (logging is a kind of recording) and 'log' is present in the answer.
'is' is present in the answer.
'temperature' could be 't' (abbreviation) and 't' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'with' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for climatologist that I've seen before include "Scientist" , "One studying, eg, global warming" , "One monitoring weather" .)