Why Florida leads the U.S. in pediatric hot-car deaths
Florida has logged 105 child hot-car heatstroke deaths since 1998 — second only to Texas — and has the longest high-risk window of any state in the continental U.S.
Source: noheatstroke.org · cumulative child hot-car deaths by state
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Source: noheatstroke.org — cumulative state totals, 1998–present; HeatSentry product configuration for Florida drivers.
Why Florida is uniquely at risk
Climate. Florida's warm season runs roughly May through October — about six months of sustained interior-vehicle danger — with shoulder-month risk stretching well past what northern states see. Per noheatstroke.org, Florida is one of the two highest-incident states every year since 1998.
Humidity. Florida's humidity keeps a parked car from cooling overnight the way dry-climate interiors do. The greenhouse effect compounds: a car parked on an 85°F Tampa afternoon can climb past 125°F inside in under an hour, the same lethal curve seen everywhere else — but starting from a higher baseline.
Year-round baseline. Even outside the high-risk window, Florida can hit 90°F+ outside temperatures from March through November in most of the peninsula. Many other states see only a four-month hot-car season; Florida drivers face double that window.
How HeatSentry protects Florida drivers
HeatSentry runs in the background. A small sensor in your car watches interior temperature and movement continuously — the same way your smoke detector watches for smoke. No app to open. No subscription. No setting to remember.
When conditions become dangerous, HeatSentry escalates automatically: first the driver, then the pre-registered emergency contacts, then 911 if no one responds. Florida's long, hot, humid parking season is exactly the scenario an escalating alert chain was built for.
The HeatSentry product line ships Florida-tuned by default — a 127°F alert threshold calibrated for the peninsula's interior-temperature curve, with a wider seasonal operating range than the default northern configuration.
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