New Study: A City’s Industry Center, Airport Up To 12°C Warmer Than Nearby Forests, Vegetation
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From the NoTricksZone
By Kenneth Richard on 7. August 2025
The urban heat island effect adds far more non-climatic heat to temperature station records than can be reliably controlled for.
An analysis of 10 cities from across the globe (Kara and Yavuz, 2025) reveals airports and industry centers are, on average, 2.5°C to 2.8°C warmer than neighboring green spaces.
“Airports exhibited a mean daytime land surface temperature (LST) that was 2.5 °C higher than surrounding areas, while industrial zones demonstrated an even greater temperature disparity, with an average increase of 2.81 °C.”
The urban heat island effect can leave airports and industrial centers as much as 12°C warmer than nearby vegetated, forested areas.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/08/07/new-study-a-citys-industry-center-airport-up-to-12c-warmer-than-nearby-forests-vegetation/
