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    Climate change in Madison, Wisconsin

    Climate change is affecting locations like Madison 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 Madison are at risk in a warming world.


    Madison's climate threats in include:

    Explore some ways climate change is affecting Madison 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 Madison and climate change

    Browse climate-related graphics for all seasons localized for Madison, available for download and use consistent with our Terms of use.

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