Climate change in Boston, Massachusetts
Climate change is affecting locations like Boston in a variety of ways. In summer, these impacts include housing at risk from coastal flooding, more mosquito days, and greater health risks from humid heat.
Explore these pages to learn how people in Boston are at risk in a warming world.
Boston's climate threats in include:
Explore some ways climate change is affecting Boston in summer
More mosquito days
Mosquitoes thrive in warm and humid conditions that are becoming more frequent
More dangerous heat
Climate change is driving hotter, longer, and more frequent extreme heat.
Changes in severe storms
Certain conditions favorable to thunderstorms and tornadoes are occurring more often
More graphics about Boston and climate change
Browse climate-related graphics for all seasons localized for Boston, available for download and use consistent with our Terms of use.
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