11-29-2019, 12:27 PM
My interpretation of how the changes could be. In southern Michigan, the climate of Kalamazoo and Battle Creek could go from Dfa (snowy winters and hot, rainy summers) to Dsa (snowy winters but hot, seriously-dry summers as in Salt Lake City today) to Csa (cool, rainy winters and hot, seriously-dry summers as in Sacramento today) due to the proximity of Lake Michigan and the disappearance of summer rainstorms. Detroit might be just rainy enough in the summer to be more like Dallas or Oklahoma City.
A city near the Dfb (snowy winters but simply warm, rainy summers) -Dfa boundary, like Grand Rapids or Flint might go from having warm, rainy summers to having seriously-hot, dry summers before making the transition to having rainy winters and hot, seriously dry summers as the summer storms disappear. The Upper Peninsula and the northern Lower Peninsula might simply start having longer, hotter summers while winters get milder.
Dry summers in a place that gets adequate rainfall in other times of the year can be very productive places for agriculture -- if water is available for irrigation. The Great Lakes are low enough in salt for animals and people to drink, but too salty for irrigation. The rich agriculture of California's Central Valley depends upon water impounded in catchment basins in the Sierra. Michigan does not have high mountains and narrow valleys suitable for reservoirs.
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A city near the Dfb (snowy winters but simply warm, rainy summers) -Dfa boundary, like Grand Rapids or Flint might go from having warm, rainy summers to having seriously-hot, dry summers before making the transition to having rainy winters and hot, seriously dry summers as the summer storms disappear. The Upper Peninsula and the northern Lower Peninsula might simply start having longer, hotter summers while winters get milder.
Dry summers in a place that gets adequate rainfall in other times of the year can be very productive places for agriculture -- if water is available for irrigation. The Great Lakes are low enough in salt for animals and people to drink, but too salty for irrigation. The rich agriculture of California's Central Valley depends upon water impounded in catchment basins in the Sierra. Michigan does not have high mountains and narrow valleys suitable for reservoirs.
(old post corrected for errors)
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