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It can be hard to conceptualize the threat of climate change, but ready or not it's coming. A new map is trying to solve this by showing what climates will be in US cities in 2080. Here’s what it reveals about the most populated areas of the country 1/ wired.trib.al/dnLQiOY
If we don’t stop the rise of emissions, conditions in New York City will feel a lot like today’s Jonesboro, Arkansas. Winters will be 8°F warmer and more than 10% wetter, and temperatures will rise 9.1°F and precipitation will fall 20.8% in the summer 2/ wired.trib.al/dnLQiOY 
In 2080, Los Angeles’ climate will mirror that of Las Palmas, Mexico. LA winters will become 8.3°F warmer and see an 79.6% decrease in precipitation. Summers there will see a temperature increase of 5.9°F and precipitation rise of 2032% 3/ wired.trib.al/dnLQiOY
Houston’s climate will approximate that of Ciudad Mante, Mexico. Summers in Space City will be 4.1°F warmer and 27.1% wetter, while winters will be 15.5°F warmer and 84.3% drier 4/ wired.trib.al/dnLQiOY
Life in Chicago is going to feel a lot more like today’s Lansing, Kansas. Winters will become more than seven degrees warmer and almost 31.8% drier, and summer temperatures and precipitation will increase 5.7°F and 13.5%, respectively 5/ wired.trib.al/dnLQiOY
Philadelphia’s climate will transform to resemble that of Memphis, Tennessee, a city more than 1,000 miles away. Summer will be 6.5°F warmer and 16.1% drier, while winter will be 9.1°F warmer and 41% wetter 6/ wired.trib.al/dnLQiOY
These numbers are alarming, but the scariest part might be that some of the cities researchers explored will have no modern equivalent in 2080. They can’t compare them to a climate we see today 7/ wired.trib.al/dnLQiOY
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