hot spells
Prolonged summer swelter
Hot spells are periods of unusually high temperatures, typically lasting several days to weeks.
The phrase emphasizes duration—a single hot day isn't a spell.
We're expecting hot spells through August.
Hot spells can also refer to streaks of success or intense activity: The team went on a hot spell, winning twelve straight.
- dog daysHottest summer weeks
- heatwaveProlonged abnormally high temperatures
- heat domeStationary high-pressure extreme warmth
- swelteringExtremely hot, uncomfortably so
- scorchingExtremely hot, burning
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- temperature changestemperature drop, heat waves, temperature rise, cold snaps, temperature spike
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hot spellscold snaps
Brief periods of freezing weather
cold spells · cold waves · deep freezes · hard freezes · bitter cold
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