https://www.delawarepublic.org/tags/heat-awareness-week Heat Awareness Week en-US Copyright Fri, 22 May 2026 16:41:17 GMT https://www.delawarepublic.org/show/the-green/2026-05-22/delawares-first-heat-awareness-week-coincides-with-the-years-first-90-degree-days This week is Delaware’s first Heat Awareness Week. And it seems especially well-timed.This week saw higher than average temperatures for this time of year. Maximum temperatures this week averaged over 80 degrees with the first three days seeing highs over 90 degrees, including record breaking highs in Wilmington and Georgetown.The creation of Heat Awareness Week in Delaware is the culmination of an effort by a group of Univ. of Delaware students in a class taught by Vaishnavi Tripuraneni, Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences. Two of them - Katherine Turner and Jennifer Barbour - joined Delaware Public Media’s Jay Shah to explain why heat awareness matters and efforts to address heat-related issues. Fri, 22 May 2026 16:41:17 GMT https://www.delawarepublic.org/show/the-green/2026-05-22/delawares-first-heat-awareness-week-coincides-with-the-years-first-90-degree-days Jay Shah