temperature extremes
Heat and cold
Temperature extremes are the highest and lowest temperatures recorded in a given period or location.
Weather reports cite daily, monthly, or annual extremes.
The term also describes conditions at either end of the temperature scale—extreme heat or extreme cold: The equipment is designed to withstand temperature extremes.
In climate science, temperature extremes often refer to record-breaking or historically unusual readings.
- heatstrokeBody's cooling system failure
- heat domeStationary high-pressure extreme warmth
- heatwaveProlonged abnormally high temperatures
- glacial meltingWarming-induced ice loss
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
hypothermia · cold snap · bone chilling · flash freeze · desertification · polar vortex · bitter cold · dead of winter · frost · aridity · thermal inversion · coral bleaching · exposure · thermal shock · crop failure · climate modeling · water scarcity · El Niño
- spaceflight hazardsmicrogravity, weightlessness, zero gravity, space debris, cosmic rays
- desert climatearid, aridity, dry heat, extreme heat, scorching heat
- temperature changesheat waves, cold snaps, freeze-thaw, warming, cooling
- desert researchsand dunes, drought, aridity, desertification, erosion
- Mountain Climatehigh altitude, thin air, altitude, snowfall, harsh winds
- weatherweather, rain, sun, snow, wind
temperature extremesmild weather
Moderate atmospheric conditions
moderate temperatures · mild climate · room temperature · ambient temperature · lukewarm