Climate change in Asheville, North Carolina
Climate change is affecting locations like Asheville in a variety of ways. In summer, these impacts include heavier rain, increased health risks from extreme heat, and more mosquito days.
Explore these pages to learn how people in Asheville are at risk in a warming world.
Asheville's climate threats in include:
Explore some ways climate change is affecting Asheville in summer
Heavier rainfall rates
Heavier rain threatens people, ecosystems, and infrastructure nationwide.
More record heat
Daily heat records have outnumbered daily cold records in recent years.
More extremely hot days for school sports
Today’s student athletes train in hotter conditions than past generations.
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 Asheville and climate change
Browse climate-related graphics for all seasons localized for Asheville, available for download and use consistent with our Terms of use.