Interesting graphic here. This suggests the sort of transformation of climate in two states with highly-distinctive states that I know well (Michigan and Illinois). Only the lower peninsula is shown for Michigan. Basically their shapes end up with climates characteristic of other places. No, the states are not moving, but climate patterns are moving from elsewhere into Illinois and Michigan:
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Summers apparently warm even more. Winters in Chicago become more like those of Springfield, Missouri, with winter near St. Louis (Missouri) becoming more like winter in Dallas. Detroit becomes more like Roanoke, Virginia with Lansing winters becoming more like those of Charleston, West Virginia. The Mackinac Bridge gets a climate zone more like that of Cleveland. Although moving only one state does not seem that remarkable, that is a huge north-south switch -- about 325 miles That's a huge climatic difference in Michigan
Summers are even more marked. Illinois mostly covers hot, humid East Texas with Chicago near Texarkana, Cairo near Galveston, and Moline about where Dallas is. Michigan effectively moves into an area that stretches from Popular Bluff, Missouri at the Strait of Mackinac with Detroit near Columbus -- Mississippi, and not Ohio. Today, Chicago and Detroit are about as far south as one can get without air conditioning without a serious compromise to personal health. Even the northernmost part of Michigan ends up with summers in which having no air conditioning is one way to shorten one's lifespan.
With respect to climatic boundaries, the Cfa-Dfa climate boundary (between places having a freezing month on average and having none) that follows roughly the path of I-70 from St. Louis to Columbus, Ohio shifts into Wisconsin and approaches Alpena and Cadillac in Michigan. The zone of sweltering summers passes completely through both Illinois and the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.
Summers may tend to be slightly drier due to lesser rainfall, but more severely and more certainly higher temperatures that cause more evaporation. This could bring Mediterranean conditions to the Lake Michigan shoreline of Michigan, which would be unwelcome because Michigan lacks the good catchment basins necessary for storing water for irrigation.
The whole PDF is here:
https://www.academia.edu/5111550/Climate...view-paper
Summers apparently warm even more. Winters in Chicago become more like those of Springfield, Missouri, with winter near St. Louis (Missouri) becoming more like winter in Dallas. Detroit becomes more like Roanoke, Virginia with Lansing winters becoming more like those of Charleston, West Virginia. The Mackinac Bridge gets a climate zone more like that of Cleveland. Although moving only one state does not seem that remarkable, that is a huge north-south switch -- about 325 miles That's a huge climatic difference in Michigan
Summers are even more marked. Illinois mostly covers hot, humid East Texas with Chicago near Texarkana, Cairo near Galveston, and Moline about where Dallas is. Michigan effectively moves into an area that stretches from Popular Bluff, Missouri at the Strait of Mackinac with Detroit near Columbus -- Mississippi, and not Ohio. Today, Chicago and Detroit are about as far south as one can get without air conditioning without a serious compromise to personal health. Even the northernmost part of Michigan ends up with summers in which having no air conditioning is one way to shorten one's lifespan.
With respect to climatic boundaries, the Cfa-Dfa climate boundary (between places having a freezing month on average and having none) that follows roughly the path of I-70 from St. Louis to Columbus, Ohio shifts into Wisconsin and approaches Alpena and Cadillac in Michigan. The zone of sweltering summers passes completely through both Illinois and the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.
Summers may tend to be slightly drier due to lesser rainfall, but more severely and more certainly higher temperatures that cause more evaporation. This could bring Mediterranean conditions to the Lake Michigan shoreline of Michigan, which would be unwelcome because Michigan lacks the good catchment basins necessary for storing water for irrigation.
The whole PDF is here:
https://www.academia.edu/5111550/Climate...view-paper
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