Currently in the Twin Cities — July 10, 2024: Occasional thunderstorms

The weather, currently.

We’ll have some more spotty showers/thunder early and late Wednesday. Temps will continue to gradually warm the next few days. We’re still on track for two, maybe three 90s starting Saturday into Monday.

Only 17 other times in our 151 year record for the Twin Cities have we had to wait this late for our first 90. In those years, we ended up with less than half of the normal number of 90 degree days, which is 13. Last year we had 33 days, the fifth most on record so this summer may take a bit of a ‘break.’ One never knows though in our modern climate where summers are lingering longer into fall.

— 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.