subzero temperatures
Bitter, dangerous cold
Subzero temperatures are those below zero degrees, whether Celsius or Fahrenheit.
The phrase typically describes severe cold: Subzero temperatures forced schools to close.
In Celsius, subzero means below freezing; in Fahrenheit, it indicates extreme cold well below the freezing point of water.
- polar vortexPersistent circulating cold air mass
- arctic blastSevere cold from polar regions
- deep freezeIntense prolonged cold
- bitter coldExtremely low temperature
- chillinessMild cold sensation
permafrost · frostbite · cryogenics · hypothermia · superconductivity · absolute zero · phase transition · Kelvin scale · liquid nitrogen · tundra · refrigeration · wind chill · wind chill factor · frost warning · frigidity · dead of winter · glacier · polar expedition
- northern weatherblizzard, blizzards, snowfall, cold snap, cold
- Cold Desertscold desert, Gobi Desert, polar desert, Antarctic, Gobi
- Mountain Climatehigh altitude, thin air, altitude, snowfall, temperature extremes
- polar regionsAntarctica, polar bears, Arctic Ocean, glaciers, Arctic
- tundraalpine tundra, Alaskan tundra, Siberian tundra, permafrost, permafrost layer
thermal intensity
subzero temperaturesscorching heat
Intense, burning temperatures
extreme heat · tropical heat · oppressive heat · heatwave · desert heat