Currently in NYC — August 20, 2024: Mostly sunny and much cooler

The weather, currently.

The rain is out of here on Tuesday but it brought historic totals over the past couple of days. Parts of Long Island saw 7 inches of rain in three hours on Sunday night. Parts of Connecticut saw over 15 inches of rain in twelve hours. These amounts are mind boggling.

We go from floods to Fall as temperatures only climb to 75°F with a brisk wind that will have some reaching for a thin sweater. It will feel crisp out there, especially overnight with lows in the 50s! It’s officially ‘windows open weather’. But only for a couple days so enjoy it!

Bike Forecast:

10 out of 10

— Stacy Blundell

What you can do, currently.

A Media Matters analysis found that last year — the hottest calendar year on record — network coverage of climate actually declined in the US. What’s worse, just 12% of reports about climate change mentioned fossil fuels as the driving cause. The media still reported on extreme weather, but stopped short of making the climate connection.

Independent climate journalism like Currently is needed more than ever. And this year, with all of these weather warnings already underway, we’ll unfortunately have plenty of opportunities to do better.