2022 was the worst year for heat-related ER visits since 2018
This summer, 725 people visited city emergency rooms — that’s almost 13% more than during the same period in 2021, and nearly as many as in 2018.
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More New Yorkers visited the emergency room due to heat-related illnesses this past summer than in each of the previous three summers, an analysis by THE CITY found.
This summer was also one of the hottest the city has seen in recent years, and included the first week-long heat wave since 2013 with temperatures hitting the mid-90s, which took place in July and elevated temperatures throughout August.
“These hotter summers and related health threats are the shape of summers to come for New York City and cities globally,” said Kim Knowlton, a senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council and environmental health sciences professor at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health.