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The California Transportation Commission approved billions in funding for car-centric projects this week during a record-breaking March heat wave in the state fueled by climate change.
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Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 21 Mar. 2026
This heat wave brought the earliest 100 degree temperatures ever recorded in the San Fernando Valley’s Woodland Hills, according to the National Weather Service.
—Sierra Van Der Brug, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
And now comes a heat wave that will quickly do away with what little snow there is.
—Mark Gongloff, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026
And that doesn’t include the East Antarctica heat wave of 2022 when temperatures were 81 degrees warmer than normal.
—Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
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Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 21 Mar. 2026
This heat wave brought the earliest 100 degree temperatures ever recorded in the San Fernando Valley’s Woodland Hills, according to the National Weather Service.
—Sierra Van Der Brug, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
And now comes a heat wave that will quickly do away with what little snow there is.
—Mark Gongloff, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026
And that doesn’t include the East Antarctica heat wave of 2022 when temperatures were 81 degrees warmer than normal.
—Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heat wave
heat
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But that unseasonable heat was quickly interrupted by a strong cold front that flipped Central Texas temperatures from summer swelter into winter chill literally overnight.—
Roberto Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
21 Mar. 2026
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Now, intense heat could make matters worse.—
Mira Rojanasakul,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Heat wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heat%20wave. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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