Climate change in Palm Springs, California
Climate change is affecting locations like Palm Springs in a variety of ways. In fall, these impacts include potentially hazardous atmospheric rivers, more unusually warm days, and more frequent fire weather.
Explore these pages to learn how people in Palm Springs are at risk in a warming world.
Palm Springs' climate threats in include:
Explore some ways climate change is affecting Palm Springs in fall
Warmer and wetter atmospheric rivers
Warming boosts moisture, making storms wetter, stronger, and costlier.
More warm fall days
Fall (September-November) has warmed nationwide since 1970.
More fire weather
Wildfire seasons are lengthening and intensifying.
Impacts to food prices
Extreme events fueled by climate change can damage crops, reduce yields, and disrupt supply chains.
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