Click the downloadable graphic: Hourly Rainfall Intensity 1970 to 2024 Climate change is bringing heavier rainfall extremes and increased, inequitable flood risk to many parts of the U.S. For ...

Prolonged dry weather conditions can cause wildfires to increase in intensity and spread faster, making them difficult to ...

Here in the Springfield area, from 1970 to 2024, the average rainfall intensity increased by 13 percent. For every one degree of warming, the air can hold hold 4 percent more moisture and that ...

A 2023 study by Climate Central found that 136 of 150 U.S. cities they examined saw an increase in hourly rainfall intensity from 1970 to 2022. Rainfall hours became 13% wetter on average across ...