Editing Heat wave (section)

====Oceania====
In Adelaide, South Australia, a heat wave is five consecutive days at or above {{convert|35|°C|°F}}, or three consecutive days at or over {{convert|40|°C|°F}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/announcements/media_releases/sa/20100115_First_Heatwave_SA_Jan.shtml |title=Extreme Heat Services for South Australia |publisher=Bureau of Meteorology |date=15 January 2010 |access-date=17 July 2013}}</ref> The [[Bureau of Meteorology|Australian Bureau of Meteorology]] defines a heat wave as three or more days of unusual maximum and minimum temperatures.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Australia Weather and Warnings|url = http://www.bom.gov.au/weather-services/about/heatwave-forecast.shtml|publisher = Bureau of Meteorology|access-date = 2016-01-17|language = en|archive-date = 16 October 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151016140923/http://www.bom.gov.au/weather-services/about/heatwave-forecast.shtml|url-status = dead}}</ref> Before this new Pilot Heatwave Forecast there was no national definition for heat waves or measures of heat wave severity.<ref name=":0" />

In [[New Zealand]], heat waves thresholds depend on local climatology, with the temperature threshold ranging between {{convert|27|°C|°F}} in Greymouth and {{convert|32|°C|°F}} in Gisborne.<ref>{{cite web |date=2024|title=Heat|url=https://getready.govt.nz/emergency/heat|access-date=1 Feb 2025 |publisher=Get Ready - National Emergency Management Agency}}</ref>