Oklahoma City and several other cities last year worked with NOAA to map neighborhoods to find out how heat impacts neighborhoods. The data can help cities prepare and adapt to a warmer world.

The heat mapping project began in 2017, explained Zabow with NOAA. While certain results are not that surprising (areas without many trees tend to be hotter), cities have discovered certain hotspots.

Sustainability planners unveiled preliminary reports of a federally funded campaign to map extreme heat across Oklahoma City — information likely to influence city planning and public policy for ...

Heat is the deadliest weather phenomenon, killing more people in an average year than hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and cold, according to the National Weather Service. Heat kills some outright via… ...

The mapping – the most precise and wide-ranging to date – will help Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties and community organizations better prepare for extreme heat events and reduce ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — In the midst of this extreme heat, Little Rock was chosen for a heat mapping island campaign. This is a first for Arkansas the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...