If you live in the city or urban areas in Europe or America, I believe that you experience heat wave, at least you face “higher temperatures” during this summer season.
It is called as “Heat Island Effect” where higher temperature occur in the bigger cities.
Infrastructures in the cities absorb heat during daylight then they release its throughout the night. Temperatures have increased both at day and at night.
The city infrastructures may include:
- roads
- bridges
Heat island effect could cause temperature increase by about:
- in nighttime is 1 to 7 F (0.6 to 3.9 C) degree
There are 159 cities are affected by Heat island effect across USA, few of them are:
- New Orleans, California
- Newark, New Jersey and New York City, New York
How about with your city? Do you feel heat in this summer?
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