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three or more days of unusual maximum and minimum temperatures. Before this new Pilot Heatwave Forecast there was no national definition for heat waves or measures of heat wave severity.

In New Zealand, heat waves thresholds depend on local climatology, with the temperature threshold ranging between 27 °C in Greymouth and 32 °C in Gisborne.

Marine heatwaves

Marine heatwaves have become a prominent subject of research in recent years, reflecting the fact that since the turn of this

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