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    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.

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