Meanings
plural tropical nights
- In various European countries: an unusually warm night, during which the temperature does not fall below 20°C.
After the last heatwave featured a number of nights when temperatures didn't fall below 20C (68F) - also known as a tropical night - this spell of hot weather will be more forgiving.
2026 July 6, Simon King, “Amber heat-health alerts issued as UK could see 10 consecutive days of temperatures over 30C”, in bbc.com, London: BBC, retrieved 11 Sep 2026 - In Japan: an unusually warm night, during which the temperature does not fall below 25°C.
The Japan Meteorological Agency defines a tropical night as one where the temperature remains above 25 degrees between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. the following day.
2026 September 3, Wataru Netsu, Yoshiyuki Ogura, “Tropical nights are becoming Japan’s new normal”, in The Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo, retrieved 11 Sep 2026
Translations
French nuit tropicale, nuit équatoriale
- nuit tropicaleAn unusually warm night, during which the temperature does not fall below 20°C
- nuit équatorialeAn unusually warm night, during which the temperature does not fall below 25°C
German Tropennacht
- TropennachtAn unusually warm night, during which the temperature does not fall below 20°C
Greek τροπική νύχτα
- τροπική νύχτα (tropikí nýchta)An unusually warm night, during which the temperature does not fall below 20°C
Japanese 熱帯夜
- 熱帯夜 (nettaiya)An unusually warm night, during which the temperature does not fall below 25°C
Cite this entry
tropical night. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tropical%20night
“tropical night.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tropical%20night. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tropical night,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tropical%20night.
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