How can cloud cover influence the maximum temperature on an overcast day? How is the nighttime minimum temperature influenced by clouds?

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Clouds reflect a significant portion of the sunlight that strikes them back into space so they can reduce the amount of incoming solar radiation, and the daytime maximum temperature. At night, clouds have the opposite effect as during daylight. They act as a blanket by absorbing radiation emitted by Earth's surface and reradiating a portion of it back to the surface, keeping nighttime temperatures higher—reducing the minimum.

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