high summer

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The survey was part of a project by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to identify neighborhoods with really high summer heat levels.

From Scientific American • Sep. 24, 2023

Fall colors offer just as much vibrancy for nature lovers as the greens and blues of high summer, and lines dissipate at museums like waves receding at low tide.

From Slate • Sep. 1, 2023

A study reported on by The Washington Post said that if power were cut off in high summer, half the city’s population would require hospitalization and 13,000 would die.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2023

Salvage crews operated for 18 days in a coastal conflict zone riddled with sea mines, amid high summer temperatures and strong currents, to offload the oil from the vessel.

From Reuters • Aug. 11, 2023

He could not cease shaking, though he was heaped with blankets and it was high summer.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson