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Cold drop (Spanish: gota fría; archaic as a meteorological term), colloquially, any high impact rainfall event along the Mediterranean coast of Spain Drought , a prolonged water supply shortage, often caused by persistent lack of, or much reduced, rainfall
A cold wave (known in some regions as a cold snap, cold spell or Arctic Snap) is a weather phenomenon that is distinguished by a cooling of the air. Specifically, as used by the U.S. National Weather Service , a cold wave is a rapid fall in temperature within a 24-hour period requiring substantially increased protection to agriculture, industry ...
[1] [2] [3] Extreme events are based on a location's recorded weather history. They are defined as lying in the most unusual ten percent (10th or 90th percentile of a probability density function). [2] The main types of extreme weather include heat waves, cold waves and heavy precipitation or storm events, such as tropical cyclones.
The wave of freezing air will serve as a harsh reminder that it's still the dead of winter despite January producing temperatures of 5-15 degrees above average across the region.
In the city of Saltillo, temperatures reached as low as −4.5 °C (23.9 °F) early on February 16 as bitterly cold air surged south from Canada and the United States into the country of Mexico. [29] It was the coldest temperature reported in the city since a cold wave in 2014. [citation needed]
"The Arctic air coming through Jan. 15th can be the coldest of the winter so far," Anderson said. "This batch of Arctic air will have a vast zone for fresh snow cover to work with and a direct ...
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
Cold waves by country (3 C). Cold waves by century (5 C) Cold waves by decade (4 C) Pages in category "Cold waves" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of ...