hot days
When thermometers climb
Hot days are days when the temperature is uncomfortably or notably warm.
The phrase is straightforward—no idiom, just a description of weather.
What counts as hot varies by region and speaker: We've had a string of hot days this summer.
In climate discussions, hot days often refers to temperatures exceeding a specific threshold.
- swelteringExtremely hot, uncomfortably so
- scorchingExtremely hot, burning
- heatwaveProlonged abnormally high temperatures
- summer heatWarm season's high temperatures
- humidContaining much moisture
heat wave warning · sticky · sunburn · sweating · parched · drought · popsicles · swimming · pool party · shade · fans · air conditioning · iced tea · lemonade · sprinklers · tank tops · sunscreen · beach
- desert climatearid, aridity, dry heat, extreme heat, scorching heat
- heatheat transfer, thermal energy, heatwave, radiation, convection
- hot weatherheatwave, heatwaves, heat, scorcher, swelter
- desertsSahara, Gobi, Mojave, Namib, Kalahari
seasonal association
hot daysmidwinter
Season's coldest period
dead of winter · winter cold · winter weather · winter storms · deep freeze
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