arctic air
Frigid northern wind
Arctic air is a mass of extremely cold air originating from polar regions.
Meteorologists use the term when describing winter weather systems: Arctic air is expected to plunge temperatures below zero this weekend.
The phrase emphasizes unusual severity—not just cold, but the kind of deep, biting cold that sweeps down from the far north.
- polarOf extreme latitudes
- polar vortexPersistent circulating cold air mass
- freezingExtremely cold
- blastSudden forceful burst
- coldLow temperature state
cold snap · bitter cold · frost · frozen tundra · tundra · chill · bone chilling · icy · bitter · north · winter · frigid · glacial · deep freeze · snap · wind · wind chill · biting
temperature
arctic airtropical air
Warm moist atmospheric mass
heat wave · scorching heat · sweltering heat · hot air · oppressive heat
arctic, air, airy, airs, aired, airing, airless, airier, airiest