Der Klimawandel hat die Windgeschwindigkeit von Hurrikanen um durchschnittlich 30 km/h erhöht | Die Erwärmung der Ozeane hat die Intensität vieler Hurrikane im Atlantik um eine ganze Kategorie nach oben verschoben

From the article: As if hurricanes needed any more kick.

Human-caused climate change is boosting the intensity of Atlantic hurricanes by a whole category on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which rates hurricanes based on their peak sustained wind speed, researchers report November 20 in two new studies.

From 2019 to 2023, climate change enhanced the maximum wind speeds of hurricanes by an average of about 30 kilometers per hour (19 miles per hour), or roughly the breadth of a Saffir-Simpson category, researchers report in [Environmental Research: Climate](https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2752-5295/ad8d02). Climate change similarly increased the intensities of all hurricanes in 2024 by an average of about 29 kph (18 mph), escalating the risk of wind damage, a companion analysis from Climate Central shows.

As climate change heats up the equator, nature seeks to redistribute that heat to other parts of the world, says Climate Central’s Daniel Gilford, a climate scientist based in the Orlando, Fla., area. “The way that our atmosphere does it is with hurricanes.”