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.
Examples of microclimate in a Sentence
Javier Hasse, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
The next step is to model sonic booms under different weather conditions, which will be challenging due to coastal California's microclimates.
—ArsTechnica, 27 May 2025
In this case, plans also call for new plantings of additional fruit trees of different varieties best suited to the area’s microclimate.
—Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2025
Aged in the Himalayan foothills, Rampur’s whisky reflects a unique, cooler microclimate.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
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“Microclimate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microclimate. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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