When commercial jet traffic was halted by last fall's terrorist attacks, researchers seized upon the unique opportunity to compare the climate data for the clear skies on Sept. 11-14 against days of normal air traffic when jets streak the heavens with contrails.
Their conclusion: Without jets or contrails, the clear skies boosted the temperature swing between daytime highs and nighttime lows by about 3 degrees nationwide.
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