City vs city
Cool vs Palo Alto, CA
Cool currently scores 12 points higher overall than Palo Alto, with the largest gap in ingested air quality.
Use this comparison for relocation decisions, insurance shopping, and hazard-prioritized mitigation planning.
Hazard breakdown
Scores describe each city’s reference grid tile, not every property. A missing model is unavailable, not zero risk. Air quality uses an ingested EPA AirNow snapshot and may not reflect current conditions; other factors describe baseline exposure. The overall score blends different hazards and is not a probability of damage. Read the scoring methodology and sources.
Overall
Cool: 37/100 · Palo Alto: 25/100
Cool is 12 points higher.
Flood
Cool: 30/100 · Palo Alto: 53/100
Palo Alto is 23 points higher.
Cool: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.
Palo Alto: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Cool: 4/100 · Palo Alto: 2/100
Cool is 2 points higher.
Cool: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Palo Alto: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Cool: 2/100 · Palo Alto: 0/100
Cool is 2 points higher.
Cool: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Palo Alto: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Cool: 0/100 · Palo Alto: 23/100
Palo Alto is 23 points higher.
Cool: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Palo Alto: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Cool: 1/100 · Palo Alto: 1/100
No gap.
Cool: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Palo Alto: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Cool: Unavailable · Palo Alto: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Cool: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Palo Alto: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Cool: 87/100 · Palo Alto: 47/100
Cool is 40 points higher.
Cool: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Palo Alto: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Cool: 95/100 · Palo Alto: 23/100
Cool is 72 points higher.
Cool: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Palo Alto: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.