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Prolonged period of excessively hot weather
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extreme heat
high temperature weather exceeding the average and of several weeks duration
Marine heatwave
Unusually warm temperature event in the ocean
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Mapping Thermal Patterns of Bologna Municipality (Italy) During a Heatwave: A New Methodology for Cities Adaptation to Global Climate Change
scientific article published in 2022
The 1980 Summer Heat Wave and Drought in Historical Perspective
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Interactions Between a Marine Heatwave and Tropical Cyclone Amphan in the Bay of Bengal in 2020
scientific article published in 2022
Future heat waves and surface ozone
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A heat wave or heatwave, sometimes described as extreme heat, is a period of abnormally hot weather, usually more than 5 days.:โ€Š2911โ€Š Definitions vary but are similar. A heat wave is usually measured relative to the usual climate in the area and to normal temperatures for the season.:โ€Š2911โ€Š Temperatures that humans from a hotter climate consider...

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type of meteorological phenomenon
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Weather
meteorological phenomenon
Extreme weather
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Heat burst
extreme heat
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