cold weather
Low temperature outside
Cold weather is atmospheric conditions marked by low temperatures—typically requiring warm clothing or heating.
The phrase functions as a compound modifier: cold weather gear, cold weather advisory.
What counts as cold weather varies by region and speaker; a Minnesotan and a Floridian will draw the line differently.
- snowFrozen crystalline precipitation
- shoveling snowClearing fallen precipitation manually
- frostbiteFreezing of body tissue
- scarfNeck-warming fabric strip
- winterYear's coldest quarter
sleet · polar vortex · wind chill · Jack Frost · ice · mittens · blizzard · shiver · runny nose · cuffing · glacier · hypothermia · coat · boreal forest · winter solstice · below zero · freezing rain · tundra
- winter weatherblizzards, blizzard, snow, snowstorm, snowstorms
- Beekeeping Problemscolony collapse, starvation, CCD, swarming, parasites
- Canadamaple leaf, maple syrup, hockey, beaver, Ottawa
- polar regionsAntarctica, polar bears, Arctic Ocean, glaciers, Arctic
- conventional wisdomearly bird, apple a day, opposites attract, nice guys finish last, patience
- DecemberChristmas, Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, holiday season, end of year
temperature
cold weatherhot weather
High atmospheric temperatures
warm weather · heat wave · tropical heat · oppressive heat · heat
cold, weather, cooler, coldness, coolness, chilled, weathered, cooling, colder