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    Climate change in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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

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


    Baton Rouge's climate threats in include:

    Explore some ways climate change is affecting Baton Rouge in summer

    Threats to coastal wetlands

    Sea level rise threatens wetlands.

    More record heat

    Daily heat records have outnumbered daily cold records in recent years.

    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.

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

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