Climate Change

Philly’s feeling the heat during recent waves, and it’s not just the temperature that’s gone up. Philadelphia has had a hot summer. By early August, there were 27 times that the temperature reached 90 or above in Philadelphia. A normal...

Alarm bells ring, yet politicians refuse to take action locally and nationally. But we need all of it. The City of Philadelphia declared a heat health emergency, extending the original declaration through Sunday, July 24th at 11:59 PM. Temperatures are...

If current emissions trends continue, Philadelphia summers will feel like present-day Louisiana. Philadelphia summers are already hotter. But this year may be on the ‘cooler’ side for what’s to come. As Philadelphia continues to become hotter and wetter due to...

Temperature trends show an increase in local temps July is the hottest month of the year, and only getting hotter. Over the past 40 years, July has increased by 3.7°F in Philadelphia according to Climate Central. Nationally, July temps have...

It’s been five years since Mayor Kenney announced ambitious plans for combating climate change locally. Here’s a look at how it’s going Former President Trump’s approach to climate policy was not the best. But his 2017 withdrawal from the Paris...

Climate change is already making Philadelphia hotter and wetter. Monthly temperatures are trending hotter and wetter in line with climate change, and this past month was no exception. May was hotter and wetter than normal. The average temperature of 67.5°F...

Climate change trends are shifting us towards warmer temps earlier in the year. May heating up is another reminder of climate change. Climate change not only shifting us towards hotter weather but also coming earlier in the year. In Philadelphia,...

Philly was the 8th warmest location out of 180 locations that Climate Central monitors Lions & lambs aside: it wasn’t just you: those warm days of March were above average. Philadelphia had an average temperature of 47.8°F, which was 4.2°...

It wasn’t just you (and those springlike days) — climate change was here in February Climate change is making Philadelphia hotter and wetter. This past February was no exception. The average temperature was 3.8° above normal, and the 2.87 inches...