UNIVERSITY PARK -- It may only be early September, but temperatures are already off to a warmer than normal start this month.
According to the Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment Update, it's something we should get used to seeing.
A group of professors, lecturers, and graduate students among others at Penn State University say climate change is happening here in Pennsylvania.
The report states that it is going to continue to get warmer over the next several decades.
Pat Meixsell of Nazareth said it's something she has noticed over the years.
"It's getting a lot hotter. The sun is really hot. It's actually burning," Meixsell said.
According to the report over the last 110 years, Pennsylvania has warmed up 1.8°F.
Researchers expect by 2050 it will be 5.4° warmer than it was in 2000.
"If we don't wake up to preserve the environment and see what we're doing and try to resolve the problem it can only get worse," Dino Milidones of Reeders said.
The report says warmer temperatures would worsen air quality.
People would also see more severe storms which could lead to flooding.
The warmer temperatures would also take a toll on recreational activities during the winter.
At Blue Mountain Resort near Palmerton climate change isn't exactly a topic they like to talk about.
The general manager said should it continue to get warmer, they are already prepared.
The last two winters at Blue Mountain has been so cold they didn't have to make snow during February 2014 and February 2015.
The general manager said should temperatures keep getting warmer they will rely on man-made snow and other activities at the resort.
"The opportunities to make snow might get shorter, but we're going to fill those voids. We'll just start our off-season entertainment sooner and end it later," general manager Jim Dailey said.
According to the report farmers in Pennsylvania could experience longer growing seasons due to the warmer temperatures.
More tolerable temperatures would offer new opportunities for farmers to grow different crops here in Pennsylvania.
You can find the entire report here.