Climate change in New York, New York
Climate change is affecting locations like New York in a variety of ways. In summer, these impacts include housing at risk from coastal flooding, more mosquito days, and greater health risks from humid heat.
Explore these pages to learn how people in New York are at risk in a warming world.
New York's climate threats in include:
Explore some ways climate change is affecting New York in summer
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.
Changes in severe storms
Certain conditions favorable to thunderstorms and tornadoes are occurring more often
More coastal flooding
In the U.S., coastal floods now happen three times more often than they did 30 years ago.
More graphics about New York and climate change
Browse climate-related graphics for all seasons localized for New York, available for download and use consistent with our Terms of use.