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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Funct Ecol. 2015 Jun 19;29:889–901. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12487

Figure 1. An urban heat island.

Figure 1

Differences in climate metrics for 2011–2013 between urban and suburban sites in Baltimore, Maryland. Boxplots show the additional number of days with maximum daily temperature ≥ 90°F (left axis) at the urban versus suburban site. Right axis shows increase in mean monthly temperature at the urban site (shaded bars). Standard boxplot designations used; dark band denotes median values. Data from CDC.NOAA.gov, collected from NOAA stations located at Baltimore-Washington International Airport and Maryland Science Center.