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Why does sound travel farther in winter and in cold air?

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(I understand that it could travel farther in winter as the trees are not as leaf-ey, so less to go through. I just don't understand why it goes farther in cold air.)

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Because sound moves faster in warm air than colder air, the wave bends away from the warm air and back towards the the ground.

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