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Climate change in Hartford, Connecticut
Climate change is affecting locations like Hartford in a variety of ways. In fall, these impacts include increased cooling demand, changes to fall foliage, and heavier rain.
Explore these pages to learn how people in Hartford are at risk in a warming world.
Hartford's climate threats in include:
Explore some ways climate change is affecting Hartford in fall
Higher cooling demand for schools
Hotter summers and longer warm seasons make cooling schools a growing challenge.
Impacts to fall color
Conditions that trigger fall color are shifting with climate change.
Heavier rainfall rates
Heavier rain threatens people, ecosystems, and infrastructure nationwide.
More intense hurricanes
Warmer oceans from climate change fuel stronger hurricanes.
More coastal flooding
In the U.S., coastal floods now happen three times more often than they did 30 years ago.
Impacts to food prices
Extreme events fueled by climate change can damage crops, reduce yields, and disrupt supply chains.
More graphics about Hartford and climate change
Browse climate-related graphics for all seasons localized for Hartford, available for download and use consistent with our Terms of use.
