HEAT.gov ~ Provides Information on Heat Waves in United States

Stay healthy under dangerous conditions of heat, fire & smoke

Heat.gov is the web portal for the National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS)

Welcome to HEAT.gov ~ Heat related illnesses and death are largely preventable with proper planning, education, and action. Heat.gov serves as the premier source of heat and health information for the nation to reduce the health, economic, and infrastructural impacts of extreme heat.

About Heat.gov ~ Heat.gov serves as the premier source of information regarding heat and health for the nation. This portal seeks to improve federal, state, and local information and capacity to reduce the health, economic, and infrastructural impacts of extreme heat.

NOAA & HHS Collaborate on New “Climate and Health Outlook”

NOAA and HHS have collaborated on a new Climate & Health Outlook. This new Outlook series connects weather forecasts to health resources. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Climate Change and Health Equity (OCCHE), in partnership with NOAA and the National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS), launched the first installment of this new public information series called the “Climate and Health Outlook.”

This new Outlook series connects weather forecasts to health resources to create actionable data that saves lives and reduces illness and health risks associated with climate-related hazards like extreme heat, wildfires, hurricanes, droughts, and vector-borne diseases that impact human health.

Based on NOAA monthly and seasonal climate outlooks, the first Outlook presents estimates of which U.S. counties are expected to experience extremely hot days and identifies the vulnerable populations in those counties that could be impacted by heat exposure. It also provides a set of actionable resources from HHS that are targeted to the public, specific populations, health care professionals, and public health officials to reduce health risks from heat.

For more information about the Outlook, visit the HHS website or you can download a PDF of the Outlook directly here .

Contact ~ Email: nihhis@noaa.gov ~ Date: July 8, 2022 ~ Join Our Mailing List

Address: NIHHIS, 1315 East-West Hwy, Suite 1100, Silver Spring, MD 20910