CoastalDEM® Coastal Risk Screening Tool
Improved elevation data indicate far greater global threats from sea level rise and coastal flooding than previously understood.
2020 Hurricane Season
Rising temperatures are causing hurricanes to become more intense, produce more rainfall, and create higher storm surges.
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2020 Summer Package
In the second installment of our new seasonal packages, we’re updating popular summer analyses that will help you in explaining the connections between weather and our changing climate.
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Travel and Air Pollution During COVID-19
The sudden drop in travel during COVID-19 is causing major improvements in short-term air quality.
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Program on Sea Level Rise
Search by city, state or zip code to track the risk of flooding in your area.
Climate Matters
Climate Matters provides meteorologists with data & graphics on local weather events and their link to climate change.
Partnerships Journalism
Guided by data and science, our journalists collaborate with local newsrooms on compelling climate change coverage.
Climate Matters Highlights
National: 1 day rainfall totals compared to average (2020)
This analysis calculated trends in ½, 1, 2 or 3-inch rainfall events.
Local: Heavy Rain Trends (2020)
More heavy rain is a major impact of climate change—on par with intensifying heat.
Birds: Taking Flight from Climate Change
Climate change is impacting the familiar birds that represent our states and often appear in our own backyards.
Local: Earth Day annual average temperature trends
We’ve updated our popular city trends package, plotting annual temperatures since the first Earth Day 50 years ago.
National: Earth Day annual average temperature trend for the contiguous U.S.
Temperature trends since the first Earth Day, as well as resources for climate solutions reporting and Environmental Education Week.
Sustainable Beer Infographic
Brewers are pursuing solutions to reduce water usage, encourage more sustainable farming, limit material use, and power facilities with clean energy.
Economics of Local Breweries
Beer is a significant contributor to many local economies.
New Webinar Recording
New Tools, New Insights - The Next Generation of Climate Models
Featuring Claudia Tebaldi, Special Advisor to Climate Central, December 2019
Special Sections & Tools
WeatherPower
Use WeatherPower to bring wind and solar electricity generation into your forecasts, based on your local installed renewables capacity.
Climate Science
Data-driven research and reporting that makes climate science local and advances understanding of climate change impacts.
WXshift
A comprehensive weather site, delivering everything you'd ever want to know about your weather, including the climate context.
Trending Stories
SERIES: Water Ways: Dutch Lessons for a Changing Coast
The Netherlands’ climate change adaptation strategies could be a model for the Louisiana coast. The series was produced in collaboration with WWNO New Orleans…
Could Kennedy Space Center launch pads be at risk as climate changes? Experts say yes
Created to propel humankind beyond the limits of Earth, Kennedy Space Center is now facing a terrestrial threat — the warming of our home…
Climate Central Solutions Brief: Battery Energy Storage
Batteries are having a moment. A new Solutions Brief by Climate Central describes the rapid growth of battery storage capacity in the U.S., and…
Report: Flooded Future: Global vulnerability to sea level rise worse than previously understood
New elevation data show that by midcentury frequent coastal flooding will rise higher than areas currently home to hundreds of millions of people.
Climate Change is Threatening Air Quality across the Country
As summers heat up, the air we breathe is increasingly at risk of becoming unhealthy, despite decades of air quality improvements.
In Hot Water: Warming Waters are Stressing Fish and the Fishing Industry
America’s inland streams, the Great Lakes, and coastal waters are heating up—spelling trouble for fish and the nation’s $46.1 billion dollar recreational fishing industry.
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