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Climate change poses many costly risks to New Hampshire residents, including an increase in severe storms, extreme winter weather, hotter temperatures, and sea level rise.1 Even if fossil fuel emissions and atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gasses eventually stabilize through aggressive climate action, the severity of these events will co...
New Hampshire - State Climate Summaries 2022. Key Message 3. Global sea level is projected to rise, with a likely range of 1–4 feet by 2100. Rising sea levels pose significant risks to coastal communities and structures, such as inundation, erosion-induced land loss, and greater flood vulnerability due to higher storm surge. Key Message 1.
Portable Document Format (.pdf). Visit nh.gov for a list of free .pdf readers for a variety of operating systems. Enabling residents, businesses and municipalities to reduce the causes and prepare for the impacts of climate change.
at which New Hampshire’s climate changes by mid- to late-century depends fundamentally on how much the concentration of atmospheric greenhouse gases rise, with much lower rates of change projected for the lower concentration pathway.
1 mar 2022 · WHY: 60-64% of New Hampshire’s population realize that climate change is coming to our state, and want to know more. The 2022 NH State Climate Assessment is currently at the printer’s and will become available this month.
The horizontal black lines show the long-term (entire period) averages for New Hampshire: (a) 8.1 days, (b) 1.2 nights, (c) 44.3 inches, (d) 12.1 inches. Values for the contiguous United States (CONUS) from 1900 to 2020 are included for Figures 2a and 2b to provide a longer and larger context.
According to the 2022 New Hampshire Climate Assessment climatic changes include increased flooding with more frequent and intense precipitation events, warmer winters with decreased snowpack, and warmer seasonal and annual average temperatures.
