Climate Central, which is an independent organization of scientists and journalists researching and reporting the facts about our changing climate and its impact on the American public, released an interactive map that allows users to discover potential climates across the US.
According to the research, U.S. cities could be up to 12 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than they are today by 2100. St. Paul, Minnesota could feel like Dallas, Texas. Las Vegas could feel like places in Saudi Arabia, with average temperatures of 111 degrees Fahrenheit. Phoenix could feel like Kuwait City, one of the hottest cities in the world, with average temperatures of 114 degrees Fahrenheit.
The scientists’ findings are summed up in the report, “1,001 Blistering Future Summers,” which includes an interactive tool (below) that allows users to look up projected June-August temperatures in their communities by century’s end.
“There are a lot of reports out there that look at U.S. or global temperature projections through the end of the century, but it’s hard for people to get a sense of what that really will feel like,” said Alyson Kenward, the director of climate science research at Climate Central who co-authored the report. “We wanted to drill down and give local perspective for people.”
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There are more towns in Kansas than the 10 dots shown. I live in western Kansas on top of the Ogallala Aquifer, which is being drained rapidly by the farmers out here and those who think it is alright to sell their water rights to the highest bidders, e.g. T. Boone Pickens and those other ranchers in Texas who sell it to cities such as Houston! We’ll see how good their money is when they are the thirsty ones.