Here is an extensive 2018 study on climate impacts in the Midwest: https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/chapter/21/ https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/chapter/21/ T

Here is an extensive 2018 study on climate impacts in the Midwest: https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/chapter/21/ https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/chapter/21/ There are expected to be agricultural impacts: > The Midwest is a major producer of a wide range of food and animal feed for national consumption and international trade. Increases in warm-season absolute humidity and precipitation have eroded soils, created favorable conditions for pests and pathogens, and degraded the quality of stored grain. Projected changes in precipitation, coupled with rising extreme temperatures before mid-century, will reduce Midwest agricultural productivity to levels of the 1980s without major technological advances. I know you're responding to a comment talking about climate refugees ... the HN comments often jump quickly from realistic scenarios to Mad Max. But even the projected impacts are significant. Other concerns are impacts to the Great Lakes and to extreme heat events. All covered in the link, which is really very good. I don't know if you live there or keep in touch with people there. The changes in snow and rain patterns since my childhood in the 70s/80s seem noticeable to me -- although I'm open to correction since I haven't looked at the numbers and this kind of change is not covered in the above report. I don't remember rain in February in Kansas, for instance, but it happens now.