Heat Watch engages local communities in a heat mapping campaign to gather data and create high-resolution descriptions of ambient heat at the human level.

Community

Climate Science

Activate local community members in an educational and meaningful role to collect climate data about their place.

Heat Focused

Partnerships

Convene stakeholders from government agencies, non-profits, universities, and other groups with a specific focus on heat resilience.

High Resolution

UHI Mapping

Map ambient air temperatures across your region at a granularity of 10m resolution using mobile sensors.

Cohort of

Peers

Learn and share with a cohort of cities that participate in the heat mapping campaign each summer.

Enhance the impact of your Heat Watch campaign with CAPA’s

Engagement, Analysis, and Additional Monitoring products.

CAPA Strategies is proud to serve as the implementation partner for the Center for Collaborative Heat Monitoring (CCHM)—a NOAA Center of Excellence focused on advancing community-based approaches to heat monitoring and resilience. Through this partnership, CAPA supports the planning, execution, and analysis of heat monitoring campaigns in collaboration with cities and community organizations nationwide.

Since 2018, Heat Watch campaigns have been conducted in over 120 communities globally, creating actionable data and fostering stronger local capacity to respond to extreme heat.e.

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Stay connected with ongoing efforts through the Heat Beat Newsletter.