Hot, Hot, Hot: Preferences for U.S. Spending to Address Extreme Weather

Autumn arrived in the Northern Hemisphere just before 9 a.m. EDT on Sunday, September 22nd as the center of the sun crossed the equator marking the autumnal equinox (Boeckmann, September 23, 2024). Prior to the official passage into fall, scientists concluded that summer 2024 was the hottest summer on record, beating last year’s record heat (Iqbal, September 13, 2024; NOAA, September 12, 2024; NASA.gov, September 11, 2024; Copernicus, September 6, 2024; Paddison, September 5, 2024). In this post, we use data from the most recent wave (August 2024) of the Gardner Food and Agricultural Policy Survey to examine consumers’ views on extreme weather.