DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - It’s the hottest stretch of temperatures we have had so far this summer in the Quad Cities, so instead of baking cookies in a car or trying to fry an egg in a pan on the ...

Weather Ask the Meteorologist: How different colors react differently in direct sunlight WRAL meteorologist Chris Michaels explains why darker colors absorb heat more, whereas lighter colors reflect ...

When an object absorbs radiation, it heats up and its temperature will rise. You feel the heat of the sun when you absorb the infrared radiation from it. If a cloud passes in front of the sun, you ...

In the summer, cities get especially hot. Some of that heat comes directly from the sun, of course, but in urban environments, heat also gets absorbed and then released by the pavement, buildings and ...