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heat wave

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[heet weyv]

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noun

Meteorology, Climatology.

a period of abnormally hot and usually humid weather; heat event.
I moved to the coast up north because summer back home has become one long, unbearable heat wave.
an air mass of high temperature covering an extended area and moving relatively slowly.
Another heat wave is expected to form across the South and into the Northeast by week’s end.

heat wave

noun

a continuous spell of abnormally hot weather
(not in technical use) an extensive slow-moving air mass at a relatively high temperature

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Word History and Origins

Origin of heat wave¹

First recorded in 1875–80

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Despite a heat wave that raised that day’s temperatures into the high 80s, a black Dodgers windbreaker that he planned to wear later in the evening hung around his neck.

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A heat wave is set to inflict misery on nearly the entire length of California starting Friday.

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She said she noticed the AC unit was not working when she tried to turn it on during the recent heat wave.

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In the western U.S. states, including California, those effects most probably include drought, heat waves and longer fire seasons with more intense wildfires, climate scientists said.

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By Wednesday afternoon Southern Californians had made it through the brunt of this week’s heat wave with slightly lower temperatures on tap for Thursday and Friday.

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