Oklahoma City Selected To Take Part In NOAA Urban Heat Island Mapping Campaign

Oklahoma City has been selected as one of 18 communities across the nation to take part in NOAA's Urban Heat Island mapping campaign.

If approved by the city council, the campaign would start this summer.

The project will use the help of volunteer citizen scientists to map the hottest parts of Oklahoma City called urban heat islands.

Then that information will be used to help city health officials take action to reduce the impact extreme heat has on our health.

All volunteers have to do is mount heat sensors to their car and go for a ride.

For more information and to sign up to volunteer, contact the Office of Sustainability at sustainability@okc.gov.