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Climate change in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Climate change is affecting locations like Grand Rapids in a variety of ways. In summer, these impacts include drought that affects agriculture, more mosquito days, and greater health risks from humid heat.
Explore these pages to learn how people in Grand Rapids are at risk in a warming world.
Grand Rapids' climate threats in include:
Explore some ways climate change is affecting Grand Rapids in summer
Stress to crops
Drought worsens crop damages from heat, and drier heat waves may cut global corn and soybean yields.
More record heat
Daily heat records have outnumbered daily cold records in recent years.
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.
More graphics about Grand Rapids and climate change
Browse climate-related graphics for all seasons localized for Grand Rapids, available for download and use consistent with our Terms of use.
