KEY POINTS
- Climate change affects the region in different ways due to the large geographic area that spans different climates.
- Temperatures have warmed by 2-3° F since 1900 throughout the region.
- More precipitation is now falling as rain instead of snow, which is reducing snowpack in much of the region.
- Extreme events like droughts, floods, wildfires, and heat waves are occurring more often.
- Glaciers are melting, permafrost thaw is increasing, and breakup of river and sea ice is occurring earlier in the year.
Full article available here: Climate Change of the Pacific Northwest: United States Department of Agriculture
![Oregon Flooding](https://rowrivervalley.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/oregon-flooding.webp)
In late 2023, heavy rains caused by an atmospheric river led to high water and roadside debris near the Necanicum River Crossing U.S. 101, Oregon. Credit: Oregon Department of Transportation.