1593 W. Shakespeare sig. Biiijv Titan tired in the midday heate, With burning eye did hotly ouer-looke them. View more context for this quotation
1833 H. Ellison I. 140 At Morn, or dewy Eve, or Middayheat, On land or sea or air, oh let my voice Be heard with yours.
1882 Nov. 193 The mid-day heats are spent.
1990 D. Attenborough vi. 137 The gopher tortoise that lives in the southwestern deserts of the United States needs..to escape the worst of the mid-day heat.