A heat wave is a prolonged period of unusually hot weather.
Heat Wave or heatwave may refer to:
Fictional characters Heat Wave (character), a supervillain from DC Comics Heatwave (Transformers), a fictional character in the Transformers universe
Films Heat Wave (1935 film), a British comedy The House Across the Lake, a 1954 film released as Heat Wave in the US Heatwave!, a 1974 film with Ben Murphy and Bonnie Bedelia Heatwave (film), a 1982 Australian film directed by Phillip Noyce Heatwave (2022 film), directed by Ernie Barbarash Heat Wave (1990 film), an American television film Heat Wave (2009 American film), a television film featuring Jamie Luner Heat Wave (2009 Canadian film), featuring Marie-Thérèse Fortin Heat Wave (2011 film), a French drama film Heat Wave (2015 film), a French film
Music Groups Heatwave (band), an international funk/disco music band Heatwave (English band), a London-based band active between 1969 and 1972 Heat Wave Drum and Bugle Corps, Tampa, Florida The Heatwave, a dancehall sound system and production crew from London
Albums Heat Wave (Ahmad Jamal album), 1966 Heat Wave (Cal Tjader and Carmen McRae album), 1982 Heat Wave (Martha and the Vandellas album), 1963 Heat Wave (The Jazz Crusaders album), 1963 Heatwave (Univers Zero album), 1986 Heatwave, a 2021 EP by ACT Heatwave (Bronze Avery album), 2024
Songs "Heat Wave" (Alphabeat song), 2010 "Heat Wave" (Irving Berlin song), 1933 "Heat Wave" (Martha and the Vandellas song), a 1963 Holland–Dozier–Holland song recorded by Martha and the Vandellas, and later recorded by Linda Ronstadt and The Who "Heatwave" (Robin Schulz song), 2015, featuring Akon "Heatwave" (Wiley song), 2012 "Heat Waves", a song by Glass Animals from the album Dreamland "Heat Wave", a song by Snail Mail from the album Lush "Heatwave", a song by XTC, the B-side of the single "This Is Pop?" "Heatwave", a song by the Blue Nile from the album A Walk Across the Rooftops "Heatwave", a song by Bronski Beat from the album The Age of Consent (album) "Heatwave", a song by Bronze Avery from the album Heatwave (Bronze Avery album)
Science
Thermal radiation, electromagnetic waves that carry heat Black-body radiation, an idealized model of thermal radiation Infrared, the wavelengths of thermal radiation at room temperature
Other arts, entertainment, and media Heat Wave (novel), a novel attributed to fictional character Richard Castle of the TV series Castle Heatwave (festival), a music festival held in 1980 at Mosport, Canada Heatwave (magazine), an anarchist magazine in the 1960s by Charles Radcliffe "Heat Wave" (Baywatch), a 1989 television episode Heat Waves (fan fiction), a fan fiction published between 2020 and 2021 ECW Heat Wave, a pay-per-view event by the now-defunct Extreme Championship Wrestling
See also Heat burst Heat haze, a type of mirage caused by refraction of light in hot air Wave of Heat, a 2010 album by Izzy Stradlin