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On a winter night, you feel warmer when clouds cover the sky than when sky is clear. Why?

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We know that earth absorbs heat in day and radiates at night. When sky is covered, with clouds, the heat radiated by earth is reflected back and earth becomes warmer. But if sky is clear the heat radiated by earth escapes into space.

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