A large share of U.S. citizens acknowledged that climate change was affecting their local areas. However, concerns varied from region to region, with concerns focusing on various extreme events. In the West Mountain region, around 85 percent of the respondents stated that unusually long periods of hot weather as well as droughts and water shortages were the main consequence of climate change in their local areas.
Concerns about extreme weather events due to climate change in local communities in the United States as of October 2019, by region*
Only U.S. citizens stating that climate change has a great deal or some impact on their community
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Those that did not provide an answer were not included.
* Among U.S. adults in each region who say climate change is affecting their local community at least some, percentage who say each of the following is a major way climate change is affecting their local community.
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Pew Research Center. (November 22, 2019). Concerns about extreme weather events due to climate change in local communities in the United States as of October 2019, by region* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1082996/concern-us-adults-impacts-climate-change-weather-community/
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