microclimate
noun
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The microclimate of an industrial park may be quite different from that of a nearby wooded park, since the plants absorb light and heat while asphalt parking lots and rooftops radiate them back into the air. A microclimate can offer a small growing area for crops that wouldn't do well in the wider region, so skilled gardeners take advantage of microclimates by carefully choosing and positioning their plants. San Francisco's hills, oceanfront, and bay shore, along with its alternating areas of concrete and greenery, make it a city of microclimates.
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Jennifer Kite-Powell, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The first was that the height of Wembley’s new seating bowl — its 90,000 capacity is second only in Europe to Barcelona’s vast but basic Camp Nou (although Barca are going through their own protracted upgrade) — and a much bigger roof changed the microclimate.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
As always, there are many markets inside the market, like little economic microclimates.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 7 May 2025
Within a three-day visit, there is an 88 percent chance of experiencing the aurora borealis, thanks to a combination of Abisko’s remote location, minimal light pollution, and unique microclimate.
—Carinne Geil Botta, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2025
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“Microclimate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microclimate. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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