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Cloud cover reduces the daily temperature range.
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Is it true that cloud cover reduces the daily temperature range?
Yes. A general earth-science textbook states that clouds reduce the daily temperature range, lowering daytime maxima by reflecting sunlight and raising nighttime minima by retarding heat loss. Several regional studies (Pakistan, Cyprus, Morocco, Sri Lanka) also report that greater cloud cover is associated with a smaller diurnal temperature range.
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Waqas, A. & Athar, H. (2018). Observed diurnal temperature range variations and its association with observed cloud cover in northern Pakistan. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.5503
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Pyrgou, A., Santamouris, M., & Livada, I. (2019). Spatiotemporal Analysis of Diurnal Temperature Range: Effect of Urbanization, Cloud Cover, Solar Radiation, and Precipitation. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli7070089
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Non-rainy cloud cover dynamics and their influence on temperature variability in Chefchaouen, Western Rif, Morocco. (2025). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.51865/cejgsd.2025.7.1.3
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Sherly, S., Buddhi, P., & Gayathri, L. (2022). The long-term trend in the diurnal temperature range over Sri Lanka from 1985 to 2017 and its association with total cloud cover and rainfall. authors.library.caltech.edu. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2021.105810
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foundations-of-earth-science-2016. (n.d.). archive.org. https://archive.org/details/foundations-of-earth-science-2016
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foundations-of-earth-science-2016 202408. (n.d.). archive.org. https://archive.org/details/foundations-of-earth-science-2016_202408
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