Climate & Weather
Climate can affect health in many ways. Common health topics associated with climate
include:
Weather is the mix of events that happens each day in our atmosphere: temperature, cloudiness, humidity, and storm or heat waves for example. Climate is the average weather in a place over many years.
- Air Pollution
- Wildfires, Drought, Floods
- Temperature Extremes
- Precipitation Extremes
- Allergens
- Heat Stress
- Mental Health and Stress-Related Disorders
- Diseases Carried by Vectors
- Food and Waterborne Diarrheal Disease
- Food Security
Weather is the mix of events that happens each day in our atmosphere: temperature, cloudiness, humidity, and storm or heat waves for example. Climate is the average weather in a place over many years.
