Because the climate can change and get hotter? idk
Because of Earth's axial tilt (obliquity), our planet orbits the Sun on a slant which means different areas of Earth point toward or away from the Sun at different times of the year. Around the June solstice, the North Pole is tilted toward the Sun and the Northern Hemisphere gets more of the Sun's direct rays.
Well first off the founders, any amending documentation, and input by the civilian population. From there they can grow, fall, adapt, or die. In seemingly infinite ways the gov. or population can be changed.
Farmer Wilcox should plant a windbreak or shelterbelt. There are plantations made up of one or more rows of trees to provide shelter from the wind and to prevent wind velocity near his farm.