It’s Labor Day. The unofficial end to summer. A day to stop working and remember to put away your white pants. (Or, since it’s a national holiday and you don’t have to work, maybe you didn’t even bother with pants today. We leave that to you.)
But if you live in a city, don’t put away those summertime clothes just yet. According to a new report from Climate Central, cities are hot and getting hotter. Due to the “heat island effect” which traps solar heat in cities’ dark paved surfaces, urban areas tend to be much hotter than their surroundings.
In a survey of 60 cities, the group found:
Single-day urban temperatures in some metro areas were as much as 27°F higher than the surrounding rural areas, and on average across all 60 cities, the maximum single-day temperature difference was 17.5°F.
Check the interactive graphic below to see how your city fares in the study. And most of all—stay cool!
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