cold snap

noun

: a brief period of very cold weather

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An unusually early cold snap is gripping the Tampa Bay region, with temperatures Tuesday morning expected to break long-standing November 11 records. Sirena Bergman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025 This week's cold snap should be short-lived, the weather service said, as temperatures are forecast to rebound into the upper-70s for highs in Miami by later in the week. Doyle Rice, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025 This cold snap won’t stick around long though: Temperatures in much of the central US will quickly rebound to near or even above normal on Tuesday and most of the East will follow suit on Wednesday. Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025 Pops of color are proof that the garden is awakening from a long cold snap. Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cold snap

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“Cold snap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cold%20snap. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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