Gardening 101: Shade Trees

By Jeff Ray, CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

August 17, 2022

During the summer heat wave, Meteorologists would often give advice on what to avoid over-heating. This is actually a serious issue with us, as heat waves are leading cause of weather-related fatalities.

In that advice is kind of an obvious one, SEEK SHADE OFTEN. While there is no such thing as "the temperature in the shade" (you are always measuring the air temperature regardless of where that parcel of air is), being in the shade SUBTRACTS the energy from direct sunlight that can also heat your body.

So, the grass in your yard might measure 78 degrees in the shade, but in direct sun, the same grass could measure 95 degrees. Not because the air temperature is warmer, but you are measuring how much the SUN warmed it up.

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