- a variation of heat wave.
heatwave
Example Sentences
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By August 19, France had experienced 52 days under heatwave conditions since mid-June, with only a handful of cooler days to break them up -- a record-breaking figure with summer not even over yet.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
But if outdoor temperatures do not fall at night, as happened once during the June heatwave this summer, Baeli's house can remain hot.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Earlier this year passengers on the Skyla, a ship operated by TUI, contacted BBC Your Voice to say they had been stranded in Budapest during a heatwave with little to no air conditioning.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
If the heatwave continues, third and fourth-quarter GDP forecasts could get downgrades of between 0.1 and 0.2 percentage points, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 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
