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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 3d
This morning was the first frost and freeze for many across the Northeast. As a snow/winter fan, I am very excited! 🥶

Check out @climatecentral.org's latest analysis this week on how the first freeze is getting later due to climate change across CONUS: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
Map showing the average first freeze date across the contiguous United States. Data is from RCC ACIS, and the graphic was created by Climate Central.
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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 2d
📊RESOURCES:

• FloodVision RiskViewer | www.climatecentral.org/tools/floodv...

• FloodVision for Coastal Flooding Events | www.climatecentral.org/visuals-for-...

• Coastal Risk Finder | app.climatecentral.org/coastal-risk...

• Daily SST anomaly visualization | observablehq.com/@climatecent...
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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 2d
🌊 Every flood today starts a little higher because of sea level rise.

About 90% of the excess heat trapped by human-caused climate change goes into our oceans — raising baseline water levels and making each flood a bit worse than the last.
Animated heat map showing daily global sea surface temperature anomalies from 1982 to 2025. Blues in earlier years shift to deep reds in recent years, illustrating a clear and steady warming of the world’s oceans relative to the 1991–2020 average. Data: NOAA OISST, visualized by Climate Central.
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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 2d
Let’s take a bird’s-eye view of where 2–3 feet of flooding above ground level, outlined in the Coastal Flood Watch, could impact.

If this were an even more impactful storm? Here’s what up to 4 feet of inundation could look like ⤵️
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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 2d
Coastal flood alerts stretch from the Carolinas to New England.

📍Bowers Beach, Delaware: Major flooding is forecast, with up to 4 feet of total tide possible.

What does that mean on the ground? Here’s a FloodVision simulation from outside Bowers Fire Company ⤵️
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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 3d
Much of Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado & Arizona will step out Friday into temps 5°–15°F above average.

🔴Climate Shift Index shows this unusual early-October warmth like this is made more likely across the South & Southwest by human-caused climate change
Map showing Climate Shift Index for Oct 10, 2025, highlighting unusually warm temperatures across Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, and Arizona. Areas in red show strong climate change influence on above-average heat, with highs of 93°F in San Antonio, 84°F in Amarillo, and 75°F in Colorado Springs.
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Lucy Rohden @lucyrohden.bsky.social · 3d
It’s gonna be HOT at red river! According to Climate Central, it’s going to be 10 degrees warmer than normal in Dallas.

Visit impactsus.org/cfb to learn more. @impactsus.bsky.social
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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 4d
Meet #Jerry & the tropical system's 300x problem ⤵️

www.youtube.com/shorts/fWyz1...
Tropical Storm Jerry's 300x Problem #climatechange #hurricane #news #weather
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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 4d
California has just switched on its first canal solar project, transforming two Central Valley irrigation canals into power sources.
As Ben Tracy reports, research suggests this approach could help California save more than 60 billion gallons of water every year.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=He1l...
Solar Canals: Creating Clean Energy Corridors
YouTube video by climatecentral
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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 5d
Where Jerry is forecast to strengthen into a Cat 1–2 hurricane, mid-80°F waters are unusually hot for early October.

Ocean heat made at least 200x–300x more likely to be 1–2°F above average by heat-trapping pollution.

🔴More ocean heat = stronger, faster-intensifying storms.
Map showing Tropical Storm Jerry’s track across the Atlantic on Oct 6, 2025. The storm moves over areas of unusually warm water—made 10x–20x more likely by climate change early in its path and up to 200x–300x more likely near the Caribbean.
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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 5d
Tropical Storm #Jerry formed Tuesday, expected to turn north before reaching the Caribbean.

An October storm isn’t unusual...but the ocean heat feeding it is.

So far, Jerry’s traveled over above-average warmth made 10x–20x more likely by human-caused climate change.
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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 5d
TODAY!

⏰ Noon ET

Join us & @climateconnections.bsky.social to explore:
• Why king tides matter for coastal communities
• How they've evolved over decades
• What they tell us about climate change

Register 👉 yale.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

See you there!
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Yale Climate Connections @climateconnections.bsky.social · 6d
Join us tomorrow! @climatecentral.org @drjeffmasters.bsky.social @johnmoralestv.bsky.social

yale.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 9d
🌡️All-time record heat expected across MN, WI, ND, SD Saturday (10/4)

🔴Unusual heat 20° - 25° ABOVE average for early October. Temperatures made 3x to 4x MORE likely due to human-caused climate change.

🗣️Simply: heat rare here at this time of the year without a fingerprint of climate change
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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 9d
📅 Tuesday, October 7, 2025 | Noon ET

Join us to explore:
• Why king tides matter for coastal communities
• How they've evolved over decades
• What they tell us about climate change

Register ⤵️ yale.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Is your community next? King Tides: Changed by rising seas, previewing tomorrow’s floods. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joi...
“King Tide” is a term for the highest seasonal tides of the year, driven by predictable alignments of the sun, moon, and Earth. But how does climate change-fueled sea level rise affect these tides — a...
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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 9d
🌊 Ever wondered what coastal flooding will look like in 20 years? King Tides are giving us a glimpse right now.

These aren't your average high tides—they're the highest of the year, and as seas rise, they're increasingly showing us what "normal" tides could look like in our future.
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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 9d
Climate change is making heat waves longer & hotter—pushing summer heat deeper into fall and worsening extreme weather.

At college football sites, “extremely hot days” are up 88% since 1970. 🏈

🏈Climate Change's impacts on football season ▶️ impactsus.org/cfb/

(via @impactsus.bsky.social)
U.S. map showing increases in extremely hot days (1970–2023). Most college football locations, especially in the South and East, have seen more hot days, marked in red and brown.
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Lucy Rohden @lucyrohden.bsky.social · 10d
According to Climate Central, it’s going to be 18 degrees warmer than normal in Ann Arbor this weekend! That’s hot (in a bad way!)

Visit impactsus.org/cfb to learn more. @impactsus.bsky.social
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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 10d
📊RESOURCES:

• U.S. Drought Monitor | droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.a...

• Warmer, Thirstier Air Worsens Drought | www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 10d
🌡️ As the atmosphere’s “thirst” rises exponentially with warming, so does the risk of drought.

Each bit of added warming increases the potential for droughts to grow longer, larger, and more severe.

It slows the ability to recover, which in turn worsens the wildfire risk
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Two U.S. maps show drought severity drivers. Earlier decades mostly brown (driven by low precipitation). Recent decades show widespread red in the West, meaning heat is now the main driver.
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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 10d
💧 Water is essential—but not evenly shared.

Climate change is amplifying both extremes of the water cycle, leaving people to face either too much or too little water.

Since the early 1900s:
🏜️ Western U.S. has grown drier
🌧️ Eastern U.S. has grown wetter
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Map of the U.S. with the West shaded brown (more extreme drought) and the East shaded green (more extreme moisture).
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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 10d
As temps rise, the atmosphere gets “thirstier”—pulling more water from streams, soils & plants. That worsens drought & fuels wildfire risk. 🔥🌵

In the West, lack of rain/snow once drove drought. Since 2000, human-caused warming & atmospheric thirst have taken the lead.
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Illustration shows warmer, thirstier air pulling water from soil, plants, and streams. Leads to shrinking water supplies, higher wildfire risk, and crop/livestock harm.
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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 10d
🏜️ Let’s talk #drought…

After a “summer of flooding” in many U.S. locations, the last 2 months have seen the tap shut off for a large portion of the country:
⬆️ 25% increase in abnormally dry areas
⬆️ 12% rise in drought (D1–D4)
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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 10d
Don't miss this COP30 discussion on October 9 with @coveringclimatenow.org and 3 Brazilian reporters!
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 12d
Covering COP30? Join CCNow and 3 Brazilian reporters for a one-hour discussion about how they're gearing up to cover the upcoming UN climate summit, on October 9, 12pm ET. coveringclimatenow.org/event/coveri...
Covering the COP in the Amazon PANELISTS: Miguel Peixe, Product Engineer, Newspack Steffanie Schmidt, Reporter, Varadouro Stefano Wrobleski, Executive Director, InfoAmazonia Mark Hertsgaard, CCNow Co-founder and Executive Director, will moderate.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 10d
📣 Check it out! Explore the new data viz on our homepage: www.climatecentral.org

@climatecentral.org just released a new tool to explore climate impacts in U.S. cities and states - making complex data easier to understand for your community.

🚨 What’s the biggest Fall climate threat where you live?
Example of the new climate tool from Climate Central. This is showing climate change in Pennsylvania which is seeing annually a change in precipitation of 3.2 inches since 1970 and a warming of 3.2°F. Fall threats include heat, heavy rainfall, and sea level rise. This is associated with impacts like increased cooling demand, more extreme rainfall, and changes to fall foliage.
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