Climate change in Texas
Climate change is affecting locations like Texas in a variety of ways. In fall, these impacts include increased cooling demand, more intense hurricanes, and more frequent and intense storms.
Explore these pages to learn how people in Texas are at risk in a warming world.
Texas' climate threats in include:
Explore some ways climate change is affecting Texas in fall
Higher cooling demand for schools
Hotter summers and longer warm seasons make cooling schools a growing challenge.
More intense hurricanes
Warmer oceans from climate change fuel stronger hurricanes.
Changes in severe storms
Certain conditions favorable to thunderstorms and tornadoes are occurring more often
More warm fall days
Fall (September-November) has warmed nationwide since 1970.
More coastal flooding
In the U.S., coastal floods now happen three times more often than they did 30 years ago.
Impacts to food prices
Extreme events fueled by climate change can damage crops, reduce yields, and disrupt supply chains.
More graphics about Texas and climate change
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