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Erie continues to remain high on a list of the fastest-warming cities in the United States.<\/p>\n
The fastest-warming U.S. cities announced this year by Climate Central are Reno, Nevada; Las Vegas, Nevada; El Paso, Texas; Burlington, Vermont; and Tyler, Texas. Reno, Vegas and El Paso were all on the 2023 list with Erie. Results were based on the increase in annual average temperature since 1970.<\/p>\n
“All 50 states and 99% of the 242 major U.S. cities analyzed have warmed since the first Earth Day in 1970,” according to information released April 22<\/a> on the Climate Central website.<\/p>\n How did Erie do?<\/p>\n Erie showed a temperature change of plus 4.9 degrees Fahrenheit from 1970 to 2025, based on linear trends of average annual temperature, according to the Climate Change information.<\/p>\n With the exception of Erie and Phoenix, at 4.8, the other top cities on the list were all up 5 degrees or more. Reno led the list at 7.9, followed by Vegas, 6.0; El Paso, 5.9; Burlington and Tyler, 5.3; Albany, Georgia, 5.1; and Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Tucson, Arizona, 5.0.<\/p>\n Erie had a 4.7-degree increase on the list released in 2023. Reno was also at the top that year, with 7.7.<\/p>\n “Continued warming can harm people and ecosystems but we have many options to accelerate the clean-energy transition and cut heat-trapping pollution,” Climate Central said on its website.<\/p>\n How did Pennsylvania do?<\/p>\n The Keystone State was in the top 20 for most-warming, with an average annual increase of 3.1 degrees from 1970 to 2025.<\/p>\n More for Earth Day: Report assesses Lake Erie ecosystem. How you can help the Great Lake<\/a><\/p>\n The top states, with ties for second and third, were Alaska, 4.4 degrees; New Jersey and New Mexico, 3.7; and Delaware, Massachusetts and Vermont, 3.6.<\/p>\n The United States overall annual average was up 2.9 degrees since 1970.<\/p>\n Climate Central<\/a> is a New Jersey-based nonprofit that describes itself as policy-neutral and an independent group of scientists and communicators who research and report the facts about changing climate and how it affects people’s lives.<\/p>\n Dana Massing can be reached at dmassing@gannett.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n