cold snaps
Sudden frigid periods
Cold snaps are brief periods of unusually cold weather, typically lasting a few days to a week.
The term emphasizes the sudden arrival of the cold—it snaps into place without warning: The cold snap caught farmers off guard.
A cold snap in spring can damage crops; in winter, it strains heating systems and endangers the homeless.
- blizzardsViolent prolonged winter storms
- winter weather advisoryForecast warning for snow/ice
- arctic blastSevere cold from polar regions
- frostThin ice coating
- freezeBecome solid from cold
polar vortex · deep freeze · below zero · wind chill · wind chill factor · school closures · bundling up · space heater · power outages · freezing rain · icy · wintry · hailstorms · hypothermia · freezing point · spring thaw · frost heave · crop damage
- weather datatemperature, humidity, rainfall, snowfall, wind speed
- temperature changestemperature drop, heat waves, temperature rise, temperature spike, temperature swing
- farm weatherweather, climate, precipitation, rainfall, humidity levels
- wintersnow, ice, frozen, frost, icicle
- climateclimate change, climate, weather, global warming, temperature
- cold climatestundra, taiga, boreal forest, alpine zone, permafrost
cold snapsheat waves
Sustained extreme high temperatures
hot spells · scorchers · temperature spikes · dog days · summer heat
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