Based on a November 2019 survey, some 64 percent of Americans believed that climate change had worsened the melting of Greenland ice sheets, whereas 25 percent of respondents believed that climate change had not made California wildfires worse.
Percentage of Americans who think climate change made extreme weather events worse as of November 2019*
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Statistics on Weather in the United States
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- Basic Statistic Global land and ocean temperature anomalies 1880-2021
- Premium Statistic Global regional temperature change by decade 1910-2019
- Premium Statistic U.S. average annual temperature 1895-2021
- Basic Statistic Extreme weather in the U.S. - number of fatalities 1995-2021
- Premium Statistic Concern about harm from extreme weather events on local areas in the U.S. 2022
Mean temperatures
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Minimum temperatures
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Maximum temperatures
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Precipitation
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- Premium Statistic U.S. annual precipitation volume 1900-2020
- Premium Statistic Northern Hemisphere's snow cover extent in December 1970-2022
- Premium Statistic Annual U.S. precipitation by state 2021
- Basic Statistic Major U.S. cities with the most rainy days 1981-2010
- Premium Statistic Monthly U.S. drought severity 2017-2022
Extreme events
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- Basic Statistic Economic damage caused by extreme temperatures in the U.S. 1995-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of major U.S. weather events by event 1999-2019
- Premium Statistic U.S. Climate Extremes Index by region 2020-2021
- Basic Statistic Number of hurricanes on the continental U.S. 1851-2020
- Basic Statistic Number of tornadoes U.S. 1995-2021
- Premium Statistic Area burned by wildfires in the U.S. 1983-2021
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- Possible shortages of drinking water: Americans' views and concerns 2012
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- U.S. cities with wettest precipitation anomalies 2020
- U.S. floods by number of fatalities 2018
- Number of fatalities caused by extreme weather in the U.S. 2021, by weather event
- Major hurricanes in the Atlantic basin by speed 1935-2019
- Sandstorm days in Kuwait 2012-2019
- U.S. level of interest in global warming effects on extreme weather events 2017
- Reservoir water level Philippines 2023, by dam
- Most expensive natural disasters U.S. 2010-2019
- Lightning damage in the U.S. - number of fatalities and injuries 1995-2021
- Global share of occurerences of natural disasters worldwide by type 1995-2015
- Global natural disasters - number of people affected by type 1995-2015
- Mexico: households insured against natural disasters 2019
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- Named storms in the Atlantic Ocean 1981-2020
- U.S. cities with wettest precipitation anomalies 2020
- U.S. floods by number of fatalities 2018
- Number of fatalities caused by extreme weather in the U.S. 2021, by weather event
- Major hurricanes in the Atlantic basin by speed 1935-2019
- Sandstorm days in Kuwait 2012-2019
- U.S. level of interest in global warming effects on extreme weather events 2017
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- Most expensive natural disasters U.S. 2010-2019
- Lightning damage in the U.S. - number of fatalities and injuries 1995-2021
- Global share of occurerences of natural disasters worldwide by type 1995-2015
- Global natural disasters - number of people affected by type 1995-2015
- Mexico: households insured against natural disasters 2019
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, & Center For Climate Change Communication. (December 16, 2019). Percentage of Americans who think climate change made extreme weather events worse as of November 2019* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 27, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/240210/americans-who-are-concerned-about-extreme-weather-events/
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, und Center For Climate Change Communication. "Percentage of Americans who think climate change made extreme weather events worse as of November 2019*." Chart. December 16, 2019. Statista. Accessed March 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/240210/americans-who-are-concerned-about-extreme-weather-events/
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, Center For Climate Change Communication. (2019). Percentage of Americans who think climate change made extreme weather events worse as of November 2019*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/240210/americans-who-are-concerned-about-extreme-weather-events/
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, and Center For Climate Change Communication. "Percentage of Americans Who Think Climate Change Made Extreme Weather Events Worse as of November 2019*." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Dec 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/240210/americans-who-are-concerned-about-extreme-weather-events/
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication & Center For Climate Change Communication, Percentage of Americans who think climate change made extreme weather events worse as of November 2019* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/240210/americans-who-are-concerned-about-extreme-weather-events/ (last visited March 27, 2023)
Percentage of Americans who think climate change made extreme weather events worse as of November 2019* [Graph], Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, & Center For Climate Change Communication, December 16, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/240210/americans-who-are-concerned-about-extreme-weather-events/