The Northeast contains Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and West Virginia.
- Warmth waves within the Northeast have gotten extra frequent, lasting longer, and changing into extra intense. This development is anticipated to proceed, leading to a rise within the variety of heat-related diseases and deaths.[7]
- The variety of nights with above-average temperatures has elevated over the past 100 years and is anticipated to proceed to extend, alongside decreases within the variety of chilly days. Components of the area have already warmed by greater than 2°F because the starting of the twentieth century.[7]
- During times of higher-than-average temperature, nighttime temperatures within the area’s large cities are usually a number of levels larger than in surrounding areas, resulting in larger threat of heat-related demise.[8]
- Properties within the Northeast are additionally much less prone to have air-con than houses within the South or Midwest.[9]
