Some Houston-area neighborhoods are hotter than others, report says: Here’s why that’s possible
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HOUSTON – Houston can get really hot but how hot, exactly? It depends on where you live.
Data collected by the Houston Harris Heat Action Team (H3AT) suggests that there is a significant difference in temperatures in neighborhoods across the Bayou City.
On August 7, 2020, H3AT a collaboration between Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC), the City of Houston, Harris County Public Health (HCPH), and The Nature Conservancy of Texas (TNC) held a one-day urban heat island mapping effort with the help of 84 community scientists. The effort was part of the 2020 Heat Watch program led by CAPA Strategies and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and resulted in a total of 320 square miles of Houston and Harris County being mapped by local residents.