Climate change in Nevada
Climate change is affecting locations like Nevada in a variety of ways. In summer, these impacts include potentially hazardous atmospheric rivers, increased health risks from extreme heat, and more frequent fire weather.
Explore these pages to learn how people in Nevada are at risk in a warming world.
Nevada's climate threats in include:
Explore some ways climate change is affecting Nevada in summer
Warmer and wetter atmospheric rivers
Warming boosts moisture, making storms wetter, stronger, and costlier.
More extremely hot days for school sports
Today’s student athletes train in hotter conditions than past generations.
More fire weather
Wildfire seasons are lengthening and intensifying.
Worsening drought
Warmer, thirstier air worsens drought
More graphics about Nevada and climate change
Browse climate-related graphics for all seasons localized for Nevada, available for download and use consistent with our Terms of use.
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