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It's also the heat from the sun warming the asphalt/tarmac/concrete and that heat warming the air (which will continue long into the night -- "urban heat island
by throwawayboise 5y ago
It's also the heat from the sun warming the asphalt/tarmac/concrete and that heat warming the air (which will continue long into the night -- "urban heat island" is I believe the name for the effect).
- rsj_hn 5y agoIn the Phoenix metro, we moved to an area farther away from downtown that has more nature (there are large parks on two sides of our house). The temperature is regularly 5 degrees cooler here.
- ericd 5y agoSounds like the urban heat island effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_heat_island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_heat_island