cold-weather damage; cold damage
Specifically refers to damage to crops caused by low temperatures during the growing season, especially in summer. Common in agricultural and weather reports.
今年の冷害で米の収穫量が大幅に減った。
This year's cold-weather damage caused a significant drop in the rice harvest.
This year, cold-weather damage to crops occurred in the Tohoku region.
冷害に強い品種の開発が進められている。
Development of varieties resistant to cold damage is underway.
The rice suffered cold-weather damage and the harvest decreased.
This region is repeatedly hit by cold-weather damage.
Farmers changed the crop variety as a measure against cold-weather damage.
冷害 covers broader cold-temperature crop damage, whereas 霜害 is specifically damage caused by frost settling on plants.
冷害 is crop damage from cold weather, while 干害 is crop damage from drought or lack of water.
Compound of 冷 (cold) and 害 (damage). The reading is on'yomi for both characters.