cold snap
Brief frigid spell
A cold snap is a sudden, brief period of unusually cold weather.
The term implies the cold arrived quickly and won't last long—a few days rather than weeks: We're expecting a cold snap this weekend.
The snap suggests something sharp and abrupt, like a twig breaking.
Thin ice coating
- iceWater's solid form
- frostbiteFreezing of body tissue
- frozenSolidified by extreme cold
- icicleHanging frozen water spike
hoarfrost · rime · black ice · freeze warning · hard freeze · killing frost · frozen pipes · ice crystals
Severe cold from polar regions
- polar vortexPersistent circulating cold air mass
- temperature dropDecrease in warmth
- winter stormSevere cold-season weather
- wind chillApparent temperature from airflow
frost advisory · freeze warning · Alberta clipper · January thaw
Enclosed heat-producing structure
- thermostatAutomatic climate control device
- space heaterPortable electric warming appliance
- insulationThermal transfer prevention
- heating billCharge for home warmth
boiler · radiator · heat pump · fireplace · central heating · utility bills · bundling up · thermal underwear
Dangerously low body temperature
- frostbiteFreezing of body tissue
- frozen pipesPlumbing halted by cold
- burst pipesCracked water lines
- crop damageHarm to cultivated plants
school closings · power outages · road closures · icy roads · winter kill · heating assistance
frost
Thin ice coating
icicle · hoarfrost · rime · black ice · freeze warning · hard freeze · killing frost · frozen pipes · ice crystals · frost heave
arctic blast
Severe cold from polar regions
- polar vortexPersistent circulating cold air mass
- temperature dropDecrease in warmth
- winter stormSevere cold-season weather
wind chill · frost advisory · freeze warning · Alberta clipper · January thaw
furnace
Enclosed heat-producing structure
- thermostatAutomatic climate control device
- space heaterPortable electric warming appliance
- insulationThermal transfer prevention
heating bill · boiler · radiator · heat pump · fireplace · central heating · utility bills · bundling up · thermal underwear · weatherization
hypothermia
Dangerously low body temperature
- frostbiteFreezing of body tissue
- frozen pipesPlumbing halted by cold
- burst pipesCracked water lines
crop damage · school closings · power outages · road closures · icy roads · winter kill · heating assistance
- northern weatherblizzard, blizzards, snowfall, freezing temperatures, frost heaves
- temperature changestemperature drop, heat waves, temperature rise, temperature spike, temperature swing
- winter hazardsavalanche, black ice, blizzard, frostbite, hypothermia
- winter weatherblizzards, blizzard, snow, snowstorm, snowstorms
- winter woessnowstorm, blizzard, frost, ice, freeze
- climate patternsEl Nino, La Nina, ice age, warming, cooling
cold snapheat wave
Extended extreme warmth
hot spell · warm spell · scorcher · warm front · hot streak
cold, coldness, coolness, snapped, snaps, snapping, colder, snap-on, coldest