Feeling the (Subway) Heat

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 30, 2015

A team of (sweaty) data news reporters went to every subway station in Manhattan south of Central Park (and some in Brooklyn & Queens) yesterday to find the hottest and coolest stations. WNYC data news producer Jenny Ye reports on what they found.

Tune in: how @datanews measured temps of 103 subway platforms on @BrianLehrer! findings here: http://t.co/79dE3Qy6Ck pic.twitter.com/SKmQTJVOJt
— Jenny Ye (@thepapaya) July 30, 2015

.@WNYC's @datanews put their sweat (literally) into this interactive map of subway temps. See: http://t.co/vHUEcfIAPe pic.twitter.com/XQLXgojy7k
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 30, 2015

@BrianLehrer Could depth of station be a contributing factor? I noticed the F 63rd station wasn't polled...it's probably boiling down there!
— Gizelle Lugo (@GizelleSays) July 30, 2015

@BrianLehrer @datanews 72nd street at Bway: 1 2 3 Train platform is hottest I've ever encountered. There must be generators heating it.
— Jason Brougham (@JasonBrougham) July 30, 2015

Daniel says it’s so hot: …I had an excuse to manspread …I took a new Tinder pic …a bikram yoga class broke out on the platform (add yours)
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 30, 2015

So hot that I ran to the market for eggs, flour and sugar and when I got home, had a cake. @BrianLehrer
— Sean Walsh (@seanbwalsh) July 30, 2015

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