Project Summary
Minnesota’s climate is getting warmer and wetter, and extreme precipitation events are becoming more common. Research also suggests transitions between wet to dry conditions are happening more quickly and more frequently, posing significant challenges across sectors. Current projections of future climate conditions do not yet provide necessary details about these changing extremes or subsequent impacts on hydrological processes. Additionally, resources are needed to translate this research into meaningful information to support planning and decision-making that will ensure we are able to sustain Minnesota’s thriving economy, communities, and natural landscapes. We are developing needed climate data and information to fill this knowledge gap, and are incorporating these data into hydrologic models to provide specific information about how changing extremes will impact surface water resources at a watershed scale.