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Heat emergency days in New York City
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Council Member Schulman inquires about the number of heat emergency days in New York City in 2024 and how it compares to previous years. Christina Farrell from NYC Emergency Management provides data on recent heat activations and explains the variability in heat emergency days from year to year.
- In 2024, NYC was activated for 23 heat emergency days
- The previous year had only 5 activation days
- On average, NYC experiences 2-3 heat activation days per year
- The range of activation days has been from 5 to 24 in recent years
Lynn C. Schulman
0:35:04
So how many heat emergency days did New York City experience in 2024, and how does this compare to previous years?
Christina Farrell
0:35:13
So last year, we were activated for twenty three days.
0:35:17
Sometime that was between June and August.
0:35:21
Sometimes it was one day, we did have a long heat activation which I think was about five or six days.
0:35:28
The average is usually two to three.
0:35:31
The year before, we had we were activated for five days.
0:35:34
So it's not, know, just like we might have a rainy spring or we might have more hurricanes one year than another or more snow, less snow.
0:35:41
It's not like we can predict.
0:35:44
We are seeing over time generally, obviously, that things are becoming hotter.
0:35:49
But usually, we're the least we've had is about five and the most we've had is 24.