Air Temperature Variation between Basra city center and its Northern West Side

Abstract

AbstractWe investigate the effect of urban and the surrounding desert areas from the west and northern westside on the temperature of the city, and to find out the difference between them for both maximumtemperatures and minimum. It was based on the data of the Iraqi Meteorological Organization, andSeismology for both Al Hussein Station and Basra Airport station for the period from 1990 to 2012.The result was that the difference average in the maximum temperature between the two stationsvery low and did not exceed 0.3 oC. In some months, the maximum temperature of Al HusseinStation was higher than the maximum temperature of airport station. The difference average intemperature extremes was clear as it exceeded 3oC in July and October.