Climate change in Richmond, Virginia
Climate change is affecting locations like Richmond in a variety of ways. In summer, these impacts include heavier rain, more mosquito days, and greater health risks from humid heat.
Explore these pages to learn how people in Richmond are at risk in a warming world.
Richmond's climate threats in include:
Explore some ways climate change is affecting Richmond in summer
Heavier rainfall rates
Heavier rain threatens people, ecosystems, and infrastructure nationwide.
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.
More graphics about Richmond and climate change
Browse climate-related graphics for all seasons localized for Richmond, available for download and use consistent with our Terms of use.
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