hotter temperatures in the years ahead. what does that mean for cities like houston? can you keep up with it if the weather just keeps getting hotter and hotter and hotter? well, what it means is that cities like the city of houston and others, we have to build in resilience, we have to take into account the impact on a vulnerable, marginal communities . we have to really be a very data-driven and evidence-based, that is why we are doing a lot of heat mapping, in the city, to determine and designate where those heat islands are. we are certainly partnering with in our case we have beat the heat every june. we open up, for example, well over 20 cooling centers throughout the city of houston,
Last year, Nashville was among several cities selected to take part in an urban heat mapping campaign. Now, researchers have released new tools to help guide leaders on how to address the issue.
Jacksonville went under its first heat advisory of the summer Tuesday. The air temp was 98 degrees. The heat index: was 110 degrees, that's the top 25 hottest heat index for the month of June, according to Chief Meteorologist Richard Nunn.