microclimate

noun

mi·cro·cli·mate ˈmī-krō-ˌklī-mət

: the essentially uniform local climate of a usually small site or habitat

microclimatic

ˌmī-krō-klī-ˈma-tik

adjective

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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

Recent Examples on the Web Machine learning technology performs real-time analyses on initial designs across key density and environmental qualities—including sunlight, daylight, wind and microclimate. —

Robert Defrancesco, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024 The combo is intended to recreate the distillery’s microclimate, down to the smoke of the volcano. —

Tony Sachs, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2024 Lake Michigan provides a moderate microclimate, keeping things a little warmer in the winter and a little cooler in the spring. —

Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2024 Each recent tour by a major pop star has seemingly birthed an aesthetic microclimate that follows the artist from show to show, usually evaporating when the tour is over. —

Callie Holtermann Molly Matalon, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2024 Guatemala is blessed with nutrient-rich volcanic soil and unique microclimates that create ideal growing conditions for thousands of herbs, legumes, grains, fruits, vegetables and fungi — most of them native or endemic to Guatemala or Mesoamerica. —

Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024 Like an oasis in the desert, the warm waters fuel a microclimate abundant in trees, algae, insects—and the animals that rely on them for food. —

Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024 These are meant to identify specific soil types and microclimates, as well as cultural and historical significance. —

Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023 That helped restore local fisheries and affected the microclimate, causing an increase in clouds and rainstorms, according to the World Bank. —

Victoria Milko, Quartz, 8 Feb. 2024

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