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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Cold wave

· Cold· wave · IPA
01 In the terminology of the United States Weather Bureau, an unusual fall in temperature, to or below the freezing point, exceeding 16° in tw…
  1. 1.
    In the terminology of the United States Weather Bureau, an unusual fall in temperature, to or below the freezing point, exceeding 16° in twenty-four hours or 20° in thirty-six hours, independent of the diurnal range.(Meteor.)