heat wave
Example Sentences
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After enduring a record-shattering heat wave this spring, Southern California continued to break temperature records this week when Long Beach reached a blistering 107 degrees and Escondido hit 112 degrees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
At sites in extreme climates, or during a heat wave, chill airflow or water evaporation is still necessary.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
Temperatures in the ocean around Southern California are higher due to a longstanding and unusual marine heat wave but are generally in the high 60s or low 70s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
The summer also doubled the previous record number of days above 34 degrees Celsius, or 93 Fahrenheit—14 versus seven in 1976, the year of a notorious heat wave.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Bobby’s match against Bent Larsen began in Denver on July 6 at four p.m., in the midst of an uncomfortable one-hundred-degree heat wave.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
