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    Climate change in Mississippi

    Climate change is affecting locations like Mississippi in a variety of ways. In summer, these impacts include more intense hurricanes, greater health risks from humid heat, and more coastal flooding.

    Explore these pages to learn how people in Mississippi are at risk in a warming world.


    Mississippi's climate threats in include:

    Explore some ways climate change is affecting Mississippi in summer

    More intense hurricanes

    Warmer oceans from climate change fuel stronger hurricanes.

    More dangerous heat

    Climate change is driving hotter, longer, and more frequent extreme heat.

    More coastal flooding

    In the U.S., coastal floods now happen three times more often than they did 30 years ago.

    More graphics about Mississippi and climate change

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

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