Climate Risk score
Climate exposure, hazard frequency, and adaptation context for floods, heat, storms, and wildfires.
Climate Risk in Virginia Beach48/100
Climate Risk
Climate Risk in Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. Climate Risk in Virginia Beach scores 48/100, placing it in the early-stage group of the indexed set.
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
- Module score
- 48/100
Hazard framing
Directional indicator
Climate-risk framing combines regional hazard categories (heat, water, coastal, seismic) with national adaptation capacity.
Adaptation context
Structured benchmark context
Adaptation capacity is interpreted against published references rather than a single risk-index value.
Verified local dataset
Pending integration
Source-backed climate-risk metrics will appear when the platform integrates verified city-level data.
Virginia Beach climate risk data table
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| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Hazard framing | Directional indicator | Use this section as context, not an official measurement. |
| Adaptation context | Structured benchmark context | See the methodology page for how the directional score is constructed. |
| Verified local dataset | Pending integration | Transparent fallback is shown until then. |
Climate Risk city comparison
A crawlable comparison across a selection of same-country and top-scoring cities. The complete set is reachable via the rankings, the cities index, and each city profile.
| City | Score | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia Beach (this page) | 48/100 | Virginia Beach's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Chicago | 76/100 | Chicago carries moderate climate exposure from heat, intense rainfall, and lakefront stormwater pressure, balanced by active adaptation. |
| Seattle | 76/100 | Seattle faces moderate climate exposure from heat, atmospheric-river rainfall, and seasonal wildfire smoke, balanced by active adaptation. |
| Washington DC | 76/100 | Washington DC's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Boston | 75/100 | Boston's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Minneapolis | 74/100 | Minneapolis's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Madison | 74/100 | Madison's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Philadelphia | 72/100 | Philadelphia's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Denver | 72/100 | Denver's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| San Diego | 72/100 | San Diego's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Portland | 72/100 | Portland's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Raleigh | 72/100 | Raleigh's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Pittsburgh | 72/100 | Pittsburgh's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Nashville | 70/100 | Nashville's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Charlotte | 70/100 | Charlotte's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Salt Lake City | 70/100 | Salt Lake City's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Boulder | 70/100 | Boulder's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Columbus | 70/100 | Columbus's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Indianapolis | 70/100 | Indianapolis's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Kansas City | 70/100 | Kansas City's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Cincinnati | 70/100 | Cincinnati's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Austin | 68/100 | Austin's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| St. Louis | 68/100 | St. Louis's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Milwaukee | 68/100 | Milwaukee's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Cleveland | 68/100 | Cleveland's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Atlanta | 66/100 | Atlanta's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Orlando | 66/100 | Orlando's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| San Francisco | 65/100 | San Francisco faces concurrent climate exposure from wildfire-smoke, heat, sea-level pressure, and seismic risk, balanced by strong adaptation work. |
| Dallas | 65/100 | Dallas's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Detroit | 65/100 | Detroit's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Baltimore | 65/100 | Baltimore's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
Interpretation
Climate-risk scoring combines hazard exposure with adaptation capacity. Cities with active resilience programmes reduce expected loss even where exposure is meaningful. Across the indexed cities the climate risk average is 60/100, so Virginia Beach is 12 points below the median. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.
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Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.
Sources
4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.
- UN-Habitat: World Cities Report 2024
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
- US Environmental Protection Agency: National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Used where United States city comparisons need air-quality benchmark context.
- NASA: NASA POWER
Used as an energy-resource and weather-normalization reference.
- IPCC: AR6 WGII Chapter 6: Cities, settlements and key infrastructure
Used to explain urban climate vulnerability and adaptation scoring logic.
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