Currently in NYC — July 24, 2024: Very humid with isolated showers or thunderstorms

The weather, currently.

Well, the good news is I canceled my gym membership because all I have to do to sweat is go outside. The humidity manages to climb a bit more on Wednesday but at least it’s looking like the coolest day of the week.

We’ll have highs in the low 80s with some showers and thunderstorms around. The air will be so full of moisture that any shower activity could produce locally heavy rainfall. We’ll likely see some breaks of sunshine, too. Overall, the instability continues.

Bike Forecast:

6 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.