Currently in NYC — August 14, 2024: A picture perfect summer day

The weather, currently.

If you’re on vacation this week, you have won the weather lottery. It’s another stunner on Wednesday. Our temperature climbs a couple degrees for a sunny high of 86°F. That’s two degrees above average for this time of year but the humidity remains comfortable.

It’s the perfect evening for a ballgame or to watch the sunset in the park. Our ball of fire sets at 7:54pm giving us 13 hours and 48 minutes of sunlight. It’s partly cloudy overnight with a low of 69°F. Enjoy the delightful day!

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.