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Originally Posted by CountryBoy1981
I would naturally expect temperature increases because of the growth of the cities, buildings, and roads. I think we all know that the warmest location is next to a building structure, it simply holds in more heat than bare ground.
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The Belle Glade weather station is a rural site. It is 3 miles from an urbanized area and 1/2 mile away from any buildings. The warming that is happening around the world is very real, but it is not evenly distributed. I would argue that on a local level, land use changes have more impact. A plowed field will have wider swings in temperature than a forest or prairie. Similarly, the Belle Glade site was a swamp, all that water dampens the intraday variability in temperature. We rarely get above 95 and rarely get below 35.