intense cold; severe cold
Formal or literary term for extremely cold weather; often used in weather reports or descriptive writing.
This morning, due to the intense cold, the water pipes froze.
Spending the winter in a region of severe cold is not easy.
厳寒 emphasizes especially severe, harsh cold, while 寒 simply names the traditional coldest period of the year without that intensity.
厳寒 emphasizes severe, biting cold at its most intense, while 寒冷 is the more neutral, general term for cold climate.
the coldest season; midwinter
Compound of 厳 (gen, 'strict, severe') and 寒 (kan, 'cold'). The kanji combination directly conveys the meaning of severe cold.