How Much Hotter is Your Hometown Today Compared to the Year of Your Birth?

The New York Times offers up a glimpse of how many of those 90 degree days we typically saw each year and how many we may expect to see over the next twenty or more years.


All you need to do is input the name of your home town and your year of birth. Note, the data set does not go back further than 1960, so those born earlier than then can use 1960.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/30/climate/how-much-hotter-is-your-hometown.html?emc=edit_nn_20180831&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=8099462420180831&te=1


I'm going to "cheat" and give you the results from my hometown, Birmingham, Alabama.  In 1960 the temperature hit 90 degrees an average of 56 days a year.  Then we went through the well known short period when the climate chilled a bit in the late 60's - the 1970's.  I remember those times as snowy in the winter too!  Today, in 2018 I can expect an average of 69 days above 90 and by the time I'm 80 years old that figure is expected to be approximately 84 days!

Why don't you pick your hometown and give it a whirl? 


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The climate modeling was performed by Climate Impact Lab.
See the bottom of the web page for details on the numerical models used for this graphic display.