Summer in the City Is Hot, but Some Neighborhoods Suffer More

Cooler: Neighborhoods next to parks and those with plenty of tree cover saw significantly cooler temperatures on a hot summer afternoon: as low as 87°F. HamiltonHillsROLANDParkCylburnArboretumHerring RunParkDruid HillParkHotter: On the same day, residential neighborhoods east of downtown saw hotspots reach over 101°F.BaltimoreLeakinParkEastBaltimoreDowntownTEN HILLSPigtownCoolerHotter95°F87°89°92°98°101°103°median temp.HamiltonHillsROLANDParkCylburnArboretumHerring RunParkDruid HillParkHotter: On the same day, residential neighborhoods east of downtown saw hotspots reach over 101°F.BaltimoreLeakinParkEastBaltimoreDowntownTEN HILLSPigtownCooler: Neighborhoods next to parks and those with plenty of tree cover saw significantly cooler temperatures on a hot summer afternoon: as low as 87°F. CoolerHotter95°F87°89°92°98°101°103°median temp.Cooler: Neighborhoods next to parks and those with plenty of tree cover saw significantly cooler temperatures on a hot summer afternoon: as low as 87°F. HamiltonHillsROLANDParkCylburnArboretumHerring RunParkDruid HillParkBaltimoreLeakinParkEastBaltimoreDowntownTEN HILLSPigtownHotter: On the same day, residential neighborhoods east of downtown saw hotspots reach over 101°F.CoolerHotter95°F87°89°92°98°101°103°median temp.Cooler: Neighborhoods next to parks and those with plenty of tree cover saw significantly cooler temperatures on a hot summer afternoon: as low as 87°F. ROLANDParkHamiltonHillsCylburnArboretumHerring RunParkBaltimoreLeakinParkEastBaltimoreDowntownTEN HILLSPigtownHotter: On the same day, residential neighborhoods east of downtown saw hotspots reach over 101°F.CoolerHotter95°F87°89°92°98°101°103°median temp.Cooler: Neighborhoods next to parks and those with plenty of tree cover saw significantly cooler temperatures on a hot summer afternoon: as low as 87°F. Cooler: Forested Rock Creek Park recorded the city’s lowest temperatures and helped to cool down surrounding areas.Hotter: Hotspots in Brookland, Columbia Heights and LeDroit Park hit 100 to 102°F.Rock CreekParkClevelandParkColumbiaheightsPalisadesBrooklandLedroitParkDowntownWashington, D.C.Average temperatures hovered in the low 90s in the affluent Palisades neighborhood, with cool spots as low as 87°F.CapitolHillFort CircleParkFort CircleParkAnacostiaCoolerHotter94°F85°88°91°97°100°102°median temp.Cooler: Forested Rock Creek Park recorded the city’s lowest temperatures and helped to cool down surrounding areas.Rock CreekParkHotter: Hotspots in Brookland, Columbia Heights and LeDroit Park hit 100 to 102°F.ClevelandParkColumbiaheightsPalisadesBrooklandLedroitParkDowntownWashington, D.C.Average temperatures hovered in the low 90s in the affluent Palisades neighborhood, with cool spots as low as 87°F.CapitolHillFort CircleParkFort CircleParkAnacostiaCoolerHotter94°F85°88°91°97°100°102°median temp.Cooler: Forested Rock Creek Park recorded the city’s lowest temperatures and helped to cool down surrounding areas.Hotter: Hotspots in Brookland, Columbia Heights and LeDroit Park hit 100 to 102°F.Rock CreekParkColumbiaheightsPalisadesBrooklandDowntownWashingtonAverage temperatures hovered in the low 90s in the affluent Palisades neighborhood, with cool spots as low as 87°F.Fort CircleParkAnacostiaCoolerHotter94°F85°88°91°97°100°102°median temp.Cooler: Forested Rock Creek Park recorded the city’s lowest temperatures and helped to cool down surrounding areas.Hotter: Hotspots in Brookland, Columbia Heights and LeDroit Park hit 100 to 102°F.Rock CreekParkColumbiaheightsPalisadesBrooklandDowntownWashingtonAverage temperatures hovered in the low 90s in the affluent Palisades neighborhood, with cool spots as low as 87°F.Fort CircleParkAnacostiaCoolerHotter94°F85°88°91°97°100°102°median temp. Wiltonfan districtJames RiverParkOakwoodCemeteryPowhiteParkCooler: At the same time, neighborhoods around Powhite Park saw temperatures as low as 87°F.Old townmanchesterRichmondCoolerHotter95°F87°89°92°98°102°median temp.Belmont woodsHotter: Afternoon temperatures over 100°F were found along Arthur Ashe Boulevard, a major artery cutting through industrial and quickly gentrifying neighborhoods down to the Fan District. Wiltonfan districtJames RiverParkOakwoodCemeteryPowhiteParkCooler: At the same time, neighborhoods around Powhite Park saw temperatures as low as 87°F.Old townmanchesterRichmondBelmont woodsCoolerHotter95°F87°89°92°98°102°median temp.Hotter: Afternoon temperatures over 100°F were found along Arthur Ashe Boulevard, a major artery cutting through industrial and quickly gentrifying neighborhoods down to the Fan District. Wiltonfan districtJames RiverParkOakwoodCemeteryPowhiteParkOld townmanchesterCooler: At the same time, neighborhoods around Powhite Park saw temperatures as low as 87°F.RichmondBelmont woodsCoolerHotter95°F87°89°92°98°102°median temp.Hotter: Afternoon temperatures over 100°F were found along Arthur Ashe Boulevard, a major artery cutting through industrial and quickly gentrifying neighborhoods down to the Fan District.