How is the regions climate going to change?
Scientists believe that in a hundred years the Adirondacks may have a climate like that of the Smokies today. These projections are based on outputs from global climate models. No regional climate models exist, but scientists use the global models to statistically downscale the results for regional variations. Click here to explore the past climates for stations within the Adirondacks. Click here to explore the future climate projections for stations within the Adirondacks.