The question pretty much sums it up. How TF is the asphalt 20-40° hotter than the air when it’s super hot?
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Air is mostly transparent to infrared (heat) light from the sun. Asphalt is highly absorbant of it. Absorbing the energy from the light increases the temperature of the material. It also reradiates it after absorbing it which is why you feel heat coming off it even if your not touching it.
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