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Topic: Heat

Image showing a car in floodwaters with the words "You don't know how deep the water is. Turn around, don't drown."
Are you #WeatherReady for summer?
June 1, 2023
Focus areas:
Weather
Topics:
heat
hurricane season
tornadoes
flooding
Image showing a car in floodwaters with the words "You don't know how deep the water is. Turn around, don't drown."
An aerial view of bright sun over the city of Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Lessons from heat mapping in two tropical cities abroad
May 24, 2023
Focus areas:
Research
Climate
Topics:
heat
climate data
climate change
An aerial view of bright sun over the city of Freetown, Sierra Leone.
In this image captured on April 12, 2023 by the Himawari-9 satellite, operated by NOAA’s partners at the Japan Meteorological Agency, Tropical Cyclone Ilsa strengthens as it approaches Australia. Ilsa’s landfall set a new record for the strongest winds observed in western Australia.
April 2023 was Earth’s fourth warmest on record
May 12, 2023
Focus areas:
Climate
Satellites
Topics:
monthly climate report
climate analyses and statistics
climate change
heat
In this image captured on April 12, 2023 by the Himawari-9 satellite, operated by NOAA’s partners at the Japan Meteorological Agency, Tropical Cyclone Ilsa strengthens as it approaches Australia. Ilsa’s landfall set a new record for the strongest winds observed in western Australia.
Photo showing Jayla Gardner snaps a photo of herself, Jacqueline Jones and Jaden Gardner next to the car with a heat sensor attached to it that they used to gather heat data in Philadelphia as part of the NOAA-supported 2022 Urban Heat Island Mapping Campaign.
NOAA, communities to map heat inequities in 14 states, 1 international city
April 4, 2023
Focus areas:
Research
Topics:
heat
citizen science
Photo showing Jayla Gardner snaps a photo of herself, Jacqueline Jones and Jaden Gardner next to the car with a heat sensor attached to it that they used to gather heat data in Philadelphia as part of the NOAA-supported 2022 Urban Heat Island Mapping Campaign.
An image of Hurricane Julia from NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite from 4:30 pm Eastern on October 8, 2022.
Earth had its 4th-warmest October on record
November 15, 2022
Focus areas:
Satellites
Climate
Topics:
monthly climate report
heat
An image of Hurricane Julia from NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite from 4:30 pm Eastern on October 8, 2022.
Volunteers collect indices of heat exposure and thermal images of surfaces in a Charleston, South Carolina, community.
Pilot project builds equitable response to extreme heat in four cities
November 14, 2022
Focus areas:
Climate
Topics:
heat
Volunteers collect indices of heat exposure and thermal images of surfaces in a Charleston, South Carolina, community.
Photo showing Nicholas Mullenix, volunteer from Bethesda, Maryland, and Morgan Zabow, NOAA Climate Program, Climate and Health Communications and Outreach Coordinator, attach the heat sensor to a car before they head out to collect heat data on August 7, 2022, as part of the Montgomery County Urban Heat Island mapping campaign.
NOAA and partners release 2022 urban heat island mapping results
November 10, 2022
Focus areas:
Research
Topics:
heat island
heat
Photo showing Nicholas Mullenix, volunteer from Bethesda, Maryland, and Morgan Zabow, NOAA Climate Program, Climate and Health Communications and Outreach Coordinator, attach the heat sensor to a car before they head out to collect heat data on August 7, 2022, as part of the Montgomery County Urban Heat Island mapping campaign.
Photo showing Nicholas Mullenix, volunteer from Bethesda, Maryland, and Morgan Zabow, NOAA Climate Program, Climate and Health Communications and Outreach Coordinator, attach the heat sensor to a car before they head out to collect heat data on August 7, 2022, as part of the Montgomery County Urban Heat Island mapping campaign.
NOAA seeks applicants for 2023 urban heat island initiative
October 18, 2022
Focus areas:
Research
Topics:
heat
heat island
Photo showing Nicholas Mullenix, volunteer from Bethesda, Maryland, and Morgan Zabow, NOAA Climate Program, Climate and Health Communications and Outreach Coordinator, attach the heat sensor to a car before they head out to collect heat data on August 7, 2022, as part of the Montgomery County Urban Heat Island mapping campaign.
Flooded motorcycles are seen parked on a bridge in a village hit by Super Typhoon Noru on September 26, 2022, in San Miguel, Bulacan province, Philippines.
September 2022 tied as Earth’s 5th warmest on record
October 14, 2022
Focus areas:
Satellites
Climate
Topics:
monthly climate report
heat
Flooded motorcycles are seen parked on a bridge in a village hit by Super Typhoon Noru on September 26, 2022, in San Miguel, Bulacan province, Philippines.
Aerial imagery from NOAA's National Geodetic Survey of damage in the Times Square district of Fort Myers Beach, Fla., after Category 4 Hurricane Ian struck the area.
Ian is 15th billion-dollar disaster this year so far
October 11, 2022
Focus areas:
Climate
Satellites
Topics:
hurricanes
heat
drought
Billion-Dollar Disasters
Aerial imagery from NOAA's National Geodetic Survey of damage in the Times Square district of Fort Myers Beach, Fla., after Category 4 Hurricane Ian struck the area.

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