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Urban heat island: The tendency for the central portion of a large urban area to experience higher temperatures –day and night, winter

and summer — than surrounding rural areas.

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Tom Skilling is chief meteorologist at WGN-TV. His forecasts can be seen Monday through Friday on WGN-TV News at noon and 9 p.m.