Why are cloudy nights usually warmer than clear ones?

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Why are cloudy nights usually warmer than clear ones?..

Answer / sanju

Clouds absorb and store up the heat radiated by the earth
and thus, act as a kind of screen to retard free radiation
from the earth.

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Why are cloudy nights usually warmer than clear ones?..

Answer / renu kumari

Terrestrial radiation

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