- a variation of heat wave.
heatwave
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"We've had the heatwave this summer; I've spent most of it with everything shut because we've had people breach the scaffolding all summer long," Dyett said.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Myanmar warned citizens to expect power outages as the electricity grid is strained by an unseasonal heatwave authorities blamed on El Nino.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
UC Agriculture and Natural Resources climate scientist Daniel Swain also placed blame on a months-long marine heatwave preceding El Niño, as well as human-caused climate change.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
"It sounds obvious, but studies usually focus only on the marine heatwave window and that's not an accurate representation of real-world conditions."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
Meditatively Campian watched the line of light as it dropped lower and lower, soon to flood the valley with its fierce heatwave.
From The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan by Bertram Mitford
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