Currently in the Twin Cities — August 6, 2024: The rain clears out

The weather, currently.

After a stormy and rainy Monday, high pressure is settling back into Minnesota Tuesday. That means sunshine and pleasant conditions.

We’ll have highs in the mid to upper 70s with comfortable dew points in the 50s. The cooler than average weather will persist into at least the weekend. Another disturbance will bring showers mostly in the overnight Wednesday night.

We should see sunnier skies again for the end of the week and the weekend. The normal high temperature in the Twin Cities is 82 degrees and we’ll be at least 4 to 8 degrees below that through Sunday.

— Sven Sundgaard

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.