Currently in NYC — June 26, 2024: Hot and humid with late day storms

The weather, currently. 

Wednesday is looking unstable. We wake up to temperatures already nearing 80°F at 8am. Dew points will be in the mid and upper 60s and it will feel thick out there. Our afternoon reaches 90°F with increasing clouds.

The evening and overnight is where things get more uncertain. A cold front moves in and that could spark strong to severe thunderstorms. These storms may contain strong gusty winds, hail, and locally heavy rainfall. An isolated tornado can’t be ruled out, either. Definitely stay weather away on your commute home and throughout the night.

Bike Forecast:

4 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.