How precipitation patterns are shifting across the United States
Claudine Handali, Sharon Tey, Charles Zhang, Jeremy Cheng
Explore how precipitation patterns vary across different regions of the United States, comparing historical data with future projections under low and high emission scenarios.
Compare how many farms, people, and dollars are exposed under low vs. high emissions. The gap shows what we avoid by choosing the low-emission pathway.
Rainfall across the United States is projected to increase, but how intense those changes become depends on the choices we make now. Under high-emission pathways, many regions see much larger jumps in future rainfall. Under lower emissions, those increases are noticeably smaller and more manageable.
Our visualization makes this difference clear: human decisions today shape the precipitation patterns communities will face tomorrow. Lower emissions mean more manageable rainfall increases and better protection for our communities, farms, and infrastructure.