A recent study out of Texas A&M found that cities have a role in shaping weather patterns.
The findings, published in the science journal Nature earlier this year, show thunderstorms are more likely to develop and strengthen over large urban cities like Dallas and Houston, while cold fronts potentially weaken as they move across urban areas.
“Cities appear to have an impact on rainfall systems and that impact depends on the type of system,” said state climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon, a co-author of the study…