summer storms
Hot-weather thunder events
Summer storms are thunderstorms that occur during the warmer months, typically characterized by sudden onset, heavy rain, lightning, and sometimes hail or strong winds.
They often develop in late afternoon when heat builds atmospheric instability: The summer storms rolled in just as we were packing up the picnic.
The phrase evokes both the dramatic power of these weather events and their predictable seasonality.
- thunderStorm's acoustic aftermath
- rolling thunderProlonged atmospheric reverberation
- lightningAtmospheric electrical discharge
- downpourIntense precipitation event
- humidContaining much moisture
muggy · sticky heat · heat · clouds · sudden downpour · rumbling · flash · deluge · flash flood · tornado · hail · sultry · afternoon · darkening · drenched · pooling · steamy · cicadas
- summersummertime, midsummer, solstice, July, August
- Humid Southhigh humidity, mild winters, muggy weather, sticky heat, heat index
- Australian Weatherheatwave, bushfire, cyclone, drought, willy-willy
- seasonal imageryautumn, spring rain, winter, cherry blossoms, autumn leaves
- weatherweather, rain, sun, snow, wind
- rainfallrain, heavy rain, rainfall, light rain, precipitation
summer stormswinter storms
Severe cold-season weather events
snowstorms · ice storms · nor'easters · polar vortex · winter weather
summer stormsfair weather
Pleasant, dry climate
clear skies · still air · sunny days · dog days · doldrums
summer, summers, summery, summered, summering, storm, storms, stormy, stormier