By 2080, Washington DC climate may feel like Deep South

In a single generation, climate patterns will shift hundreds of kilometers in the United States, according to a study tracking the northward drift of hotter climes brought on by climate change and global warming.

Researchers mapped likely changes in 540 US cities – home to 250 million people – over the next 60 years.

“Within the lifetime of children living today, the climate of many regions is projected to change from the familiar to conditions unlike those experienced in the same place by their parents, grandparents, or perhaps any generation for millennia,” said lead author Matthew Fitzpatrick, an associate professor at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.