Climate change in El Paso, Texas
Climate change is affecting locations like El Paso in a variety of ways. In fall, these impacts include changes to fall foliage, more unusually warm days, and more intense hurricanes.
Explore these pages to learn how people in El Paso are at risk in a warming world.
El Paso's climate threats in include:
Explore some ways climate change is affecting El Paso in fall
Impacts to fall color
Conditions that trigger fall color are shifting with climate change.
More warm fall days
Fall (September-November) has warmed nationwide since 1970.
More intense hurricanes
Warmer oceans from climate change fuel stronger hurricanes.
Changes in severe storms
Certain conditions favorable to thunderstorms and tornadoes are occurring more often
Impacts to food prices
Extreme events fueled by climate change can damage crops, reduce yields, and disrupt supply chains.
More graphics about El Paso and climate change
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