There has been a lot of talk of the record heat in Salt Lake City this summer based on official Salt Lake City observations taken at the international airport. It should be noted that the official observation site was located in downtown Salt Lake City until 1928 before being moved to the airport. The airport location was then moved in 2011 to a different airport location. The current airport location has undergone significant changes in ground cover since it was installed. In 2013 (see image) it was a grassy/weedy area with less pavement/buildings around, the observation site now (2021 image) is surrounded by dirt/gravel with more buildings/pavement encroaching the site. These factors obviously increase temperatures especially on sunny light wind days.
I do want to say that climate change (recent global warming and past cooling) is real but I still don't think we know all of the causes, yes some are man made.
