Heat index trends over next century

Updated 12 October, 2003

US National Assessment of
the Potential Consequences
of Climate Variability and Change
Heat Index Trends over the Next Century

Figure 14: Projections across the US of the increase in the July heat index (oF) over the next 100 years (oF per century) from VEMAP versions of the (a) Canadian Model Scenario and (b) Hadley Model Scenarios.

CGCM1 heat index trend HadCM2 Heat Index trend

CGCM1 dew point temperature HadCM2 dew point

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US National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change Heat Index Trends over the Next Century

US National Assessment of
the Potential Consequences
of Climate Variability and Change
Heat Index Trends over the Next Century