extreme heat event
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of extreme heat event
First recorded in 1985–90
Example Sentences
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An extreme heat watch is issued when “conditions are favorable for an extreme heat event but its occurrence and timing is still uncertain.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026
The city of Phoenix and the Maricopa Association of Governments established a heat-relief network in 2005, following an extreme heat event that killed 35 people over nine days.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2021
“An extreme heat event that would have been 100 degrees is now 102.5 or 103 degrees, and that is actually a pretty big difference in terms of the impacts on people.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2020
The Weather Service office in Los Angeles described Sunday’s heat as “kiln-like,” predicting a “dangerous to potentially deadly” extreme heat event.
From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2020
We found that, with an increase of three degrees C, a once-in-30-year extreme heat event would lead to nearly 1,350 heat-related deaths per city, on average, assuming today’s population.
From Scientific American • Jun. 4, 2019
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