On the hottest Virginia summer days, heat doesn’t treat every neighborhood in your city the same.
In fact, temperature varies an average of 9 degrees within the boundaries of your locality on a hot afternoon depending on the characteristics of your surroundings, according to a Virginia Heat Watch study published in February.
The study, conducted by more than 200 data-collecting volunteers and a team of climate researchers from institutions in the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges, found that the number you see on your weather app often doesn’t represent the heat you experience on your block…