torridity

New York City had simmered under a blazing sun for more than three weeks, and all who were able had deserted the city for spots of lesser torridity.

The silence of the desert was complete as though torridity had overwhelmed every other aspect of nature.

Nearness to the Equator, with its accompanying torridity, is often counterbalanced by high elevations above sea-level, with consequent rarefied air and low temperature—a combination which embodies considerable advantages, as well as some drawbacks.