Currently in the Twin Cities — August 7, 2024: Cooler weather is on the way

The weather, currently.

Hopefully you enjoyed Tuesday’s sunshine because clouds increase already again Wednesday as a less significant disturbances moves into the region. Most showers should hold off until late in the day for eastern Minnesota but Wednesday night will bring scattered, mostly light, rain showers.

Behind it will come even cooler air. We may struggle to reach the low 70s Friday, temperatures more typical for the second half of September!

— 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.