rising temps

Heat creeping upward

Rising temps is an informal shortening of rising temperatures, referring to increasing heat levels, especially in discussions of climate change and global warming: Rising temps are making summers unbearable.

The phrase appears frequently in headlines and casual conversation about weather patterns and environmental concerns.

Related

sweltering · scorching · dog days · melting · drought · humidity · thermometer · fever · hot flash · sweating · heat exhaustion · wildfires · greenhouse · carbon · carbon footprint · ice caps · polar ice · melting glaciers

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Opposites
temperature direction

rising tempscooling

Losing thermal energy

temperature drop · cold snap · cooling off · chilling · freeze

thermal stability

rising tempsthermal equilibrium

Equal temperature throughout system

climate trend

rising tempsglobal cooling

Theorized planetary temperature decrease

cooling trend · ice age · glaciation · cooling period

Family

rise, rises, risen, rose, arisen, arise, arising, uprising, temp

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G