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By now you've heard us refer to Louisville's "urban heat island" countless times, but today we explore what effect it has on nearby communities. Much of the data and graphics in this post come from Climate Central which "analyzed how urban heat island intensity varies within 44 major U.S. cities that together account for nearly one-quarter of the total U.S. population." Basically what they were studying is how much hotter these cities are due to the urban heat island in part of the city, and that study included Louisville specifically.