extreme heat
Dangerously high temperatures
Extreme heat refers to dangerously high temperatures that pose serious risks to human health, infrastructure, and the environment.
Weather services typically issue extreme heat warnings when temperatures reach levels that can cause heat stroke, dehydration, or death, especially among vulnerable populations.
The extreme heat wave forced schools to close for three days.
The threshold varies by region—what counts as extreme heat in Seattle might be routine in Phoenix.
- heatwaveProlonged abnormally high temperatures
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
- hyperthermiaDangerously elevated body temperature
- heatstrokeBody's cooling system failure
- global warmingRising planetary temperatures
water scarcity · electrolyte imbalance · crop failure · scorched earth · wildfire · desertification · vasodilation · solar radiation · sweating · sweat it out · cooling systems · sunburn · El Niño · dehydration · ozone depletion · desert · coral bleaching · air conditioning
- Australian Weatherheatwave, bushfire, cyclone, dust storm, drought
- Sahara ecologyfennec fox, dromedary, dromedaries, camels, dunes
- Empty Quarterergs, aridity, Bedouin, nomads, oases
- desert climatearid, aridity, hot summers, hot summer, sunshine
- desert experiencessandstorm, mirage, camel ride, sand boarding, desert camping
- Extreme Conditionsblizzard, hurricane, tornado, typhoon, heatwave
extreme heatextreme cold
Severe low temperature
bitter cold · freezing cold · subzero temperatures · arctic cold · deep freeze
extreme heatblizzard conditions
Extreme winter weather state
winter storm · ice age · permafrost · frostbite weather · temperate climate