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Earth science
Air
Meteorology
Seasons
Seasons
Atlantic hurricane season
Tropical cyclone season
Autumn
One of Earth's four temperate seasons
Cold wave
Weather phenomenon
Dry season
Yearly period of low rainfall, especially in the tropics
Heat wave
Prolonged period of excessively hot weather
Season
Subdivision of the year based on orbit and axial tilt
Spring (season)
One of the Earth's four temperate seasons
Summer
Hottest of the four temperate seasons
Wet season
Yearly period of high rainfall
Wildfire
Uncontrolled rapid oxidation of flammable vegetation in rural countryside or wilderness areas
Winter
Coldest of the four temperate seasons