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    Climate change in North Platte, Nebraska

    Climate change is affecting locations like North Platte in a variety of ways. In summer, these impacts include drought that affects agriculture, more frequent fire weather, and hotter summers.

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


    North Platte's climate threats in include:

    Explore some ways climate change is affecting North Platte in summer

    Stress to crops

    Drought worsens crop damages from heat, and drier heat waves may cut global corn and soybean yields.

    More record heat

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

    More fire weather

    Wildfire seasons are lengthening and intensifying.

    Hotter summers

    Hotter summers bring more dangerous heat, higher energy bills, and worse wildfire.

    More graphics about North Platte and climate change

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

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