(NEXSTAR) – Does it feel like a totally different climate when you go across town? It may be the urban heat island effect. The way a city is designed can make hot weather feel even worse.

Maps of 44 cities in the US show ... places in the US where temperature spikes because of urban sprawl. It’s a problem called the urban heat island effect. Basically, areas with more paved ...

Urban areas are where the majority of the world's population lives, and they are also usually most affected by climate change. Heat waves and ... through georeferenced maps for individual and ...

Meanwhile, the map of Los Angeles looks different. Downtown Los Angeles suffers the worst of it, but a much larger geographic area has an urban heat impact between 7 and 8 degrees. There are just ...

MINNEAPOLIS – If you live in an urban area, you likely felt the ... the Twin Cities metro and we were able to map the Twin Cities heat island in unprecedented detail," he said.

A map shows the effects of urban heat in neighborhoods around New York City. (Climate Central) The urban heat index is also high per capita in Chicago, but its hottest spots are more concentrated ...