Sentences with phrase «hotter than rural areas»

It reflects 97 % of radiant heat and in an urban environment it gets hotter than rural areas.

It's no surprise that cities get a lot hotter than rural areas.

However, it also makes cities hotter than rural areas.

Not exact matches

The researchers also found the urban areas experienced a huge increase in the number of «hotter than normal» nights — which actually decreased in the rural areas over the same period.

The report says urban areas, with their asphalt and concrete, are as much as 10 degrees hotter than more rural regions.

Frank said the study focused on urban areas because the infrastructure in cities causes them to be a few degrees hotter than surrounding rural areas.

Here's a potential jolt to urbanites: Some big cities, particularly those located in hot and humid environments, actually birth more thunderstorms than surrounding rural areas.

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, urban areas regularly record air temperatures as much as 6 ° Celsius (10 ° Fahrenheit) hotter than the surrounding suburban and rural areas.

Temperatures are always considerably hotter than the suburbs, rural areas and small towns.