Extreme Heat Action Plan
Projected Completion: 2027
Partially Grant Funded: (Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation) Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program
The Extreme Heat Action Plan will address how land uses contribute to extreme heat and work with community members to identify specific cooling solution projects within the City’s most heat-vulnerable neighborhoods. The Extreme Heat Action Plan will be aligned with heat mitigation strategies within Climate Resilient SD and be informed by the City’s Urban Heat Vulnerability Index.
The Extreme Heat Action Plan is grant funded through the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation's Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program. This effort is being completed in partnership with the San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative, UCSD Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Cities of Chula Vista and La Mesa. The grant will support development of the City of San Diego’s Extreme Heat Action Plan, a Cooling Solutions Toolbelt, a Heat Risk Explorer, pilot demonstration projects and a Community Driven Design Series.
Community Survey: Now open!
We want to hear from you! Please take a moment to share your personal experiences with heat waves through this brief survey. Feedback collected will help identify needs, improve community cooling resources available during extreme heat events, and inform the City’s Extreme Heat Action Plan. The survey takes about 3-5 minutes to complete and is open to anyone who is living in, working in, or enjoying San Diego. Thank you for helping us keep San Diego cool!
San Diego Heat Risk Explorer
The San Diego Heat Risk Explorer is the first interactive localized heat risk map of San Diego County, developed by the San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative at the University of San Diego and Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Center for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation (CCCIA) at the University of California, San Diego. The Heat Risk Explorer is an interactive heat-risk map that utilizes the best available data to consider heat exposure (the physical heat experienced in a given census tract), population sensitivity (who lives there and the factors that make their communities more susceptible to heat), and adaptive capacity (systems and infrastructure that affect the people’s ability to cope with heat stress). The tool can be used to help communities identify the drivers of heat risk that may be impacting them the most, and help cities make informed decisions on projects, programs and actions that can reduce heat risk for their communities.
Learn more about the Heat Risk Explorer and how to use the tool through the User Guide.
Check out the Heat Risk Explorer tool.
Heat Data Summary
The Heat Data Summary synthesizes the best available state, regional, and local data to describe how extreme heat exposure, vulnerability, risk, and adaptive capacity are distributed across the City of San Diego and how these conditions are expected to change over time. The report evaluates current and projected heat conditions, identifies populations and geographic areas facing disproportionate risk, and reviews the analytical tools and policy frameworks currently used to support heat planning and response efforts
Read the Heat Data Summary.
Strategic Plan Priority Areas of Focus
This initiative focuses on the following priority areas of the Strategic Plan:
Protect & Enrich Every Neighborhood
Plans for actions to reduce the effects of extreme heat that improve the lives of all San Diegans.
Champion Sustainability
Supports resilient communities in the face of extreme heat resulting from a changing climate.
Foster Regional Prosperity
Promotes regional prosperity by identifying extreme heat actions to minimize risk and increase community and climate resilience.