Climate change in San Francisco, California
Climate change is affecting locations like San Francisco in a variety of ways. In fall, these impacts include potentially hazardous atmospheric rivers, changes to fall foliage, and more unusually warm days.
Explore these pages to learn how people in San Francisco are at risk in a warming world.
San Francisco's climate threats in include:
Explore some ways climate change is affecting San Francisco in fall
Warmer and wetter atmospheric rivers
Warming boosts moisture, making storms wetter, stronger, and costlier.
Impacts to fall color
Conditions that trigger fall color are shifting with climate change.
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.
More graphics about San Francisco and climate change
Browse climate-related graphics for all seasons localized for San Francisco, available for download and use consistent with our Terms of use.