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Some Houston-area neighborhoods are hotter than others, report says: Here’s why that’s possible

HARC in the News

01.07.2021

By Click2Houston

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.

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The data has identified Houston’s ‘hot spots’ and shows that some Houstonians are impacted by urban heat island effect more than others.

Mayor Sylvester Turner, City of Houston