Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Determining how and what has changed about severe thunderstorms is difficult, in large part because of changes in the way reports have been gathered. Really rare events are exceptionally difficult to detect trends in for basic statistical reasons. On top of that, our understanding of relationships between environmental conditions and weather outcomes is imperfect and the connections between global climate change and those environments are limited. We'll talk about what we do and can know and where the challenges are ahead.
Determining how and what has changed about severe thunderstorms is difficult, in large part because of changes in the way reports have been gathered. Really rare events are exceptionally difficult to detect trends in for basic statistical reasons. On top of that, our understanding of relationships between environmental conditions and weather outcomes is imperfect and the connections between global climate change and those environments are limited. We'll talk about what we do and can know and where the challenges are ahead.
