The hottest parts of Fairfax County identified by this summer’s “Urban Heat Island Mapping Project” likely won’t come as a huge surprise to local residents.
Tysons, Reston, Fair Lakes, Chantilly and Springfield were among the hot spots recorded by 80 volunteers who fanned out across Northern Virginia on July 16 for the project, which was organized by the nonprofit Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions (FACS) in conjunction with the new Virginia Climate Center at George Mason University and the American Red Cross-National Capital Chapter.
