The paper demonstrates the relationship existing between the size of a village, town or city
(as measured by its population), and the magnitude of the urban heat island it produces.
This is accomplished by analyzing data gathered by automobile traverses in 10 settlements
on the St. Lawrence Lowland, whose populations range from 1000 to 2 million inhabitants.
The locations of these settlements effectively eliminate all non-urban climatic influences. The
results are compared with previously published data. The analysis shows the heat island …