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Who We Are

An independent organization of leading scientists and journalists researching and reporting the facts about our changing climate and its impact on the public.

What We Do

Climate Central surveys and conducts scientific research on climate change and informs the public of key findings. Our scientists publish and our journalists report on climate science, energy, sea level rise. Read More

About Our Expertise

Members of the Climate Central staff and board are among the most respected leaders in climate science. Staff members are authorities in communicating climate and weather links, sea level rise, climate. Read More

2021 Summer Package

Published: June 1st, 2021

The first day of meteorological summer (June 1st) is here and so is our summer package. Explore localized summer graphics for over 200 locations in the full release.

Summer is getting hotter thanks to climate change. With an analysis from Climate Central, you can see this overall trend with rising summer averages, warmer summer nights, and an increase in the number of extremely hot days.

Hotter summer temperatures can contribute to several health problems, including poorer air quality, increased incidence of heat stroke and other heat-related illnesses.

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