Currently in NYC — August 8, 2024: Overcast with showers

The weather, currently.

Let’s hit replay and keep jammin’ to the sound of raindrops on Thursday. It’s a very similar vibe to Wednesday with cloudy skies and occasional showers. We slide to 74°F which is still 10 degrees below average.

The dewpoint slowly increases throughout the day and fair warning- that sets us up for a fiercely humid day on Friday with all the tropical moisture. The winds will be directly out of the east at 10 to 14 mph. How’s that book coming along this week? Enjoy the sleepy day.

Bike Forecast:

2 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.