Currently in NYC — July 11, 2024: Remaining very warm and humid

The weather, currently. 

The good news is that we are not in a Heat Advisory again on Thursday! That means that it will feel slightly less terrible out there. Yay?

The bad news is that we’re still near 90°F with uncomfortable humidity levels. It’s a repeat of the partly sunny weather we’ve been having along with the isolated storm risk.

When will this heat and humidity break? Not before it tries to break us. The humidity shows no sign of letting up and another heat wave is on the way for next week. Summer is fiery this year.

Bike Forecast:

8 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.