Currently in the Twin Cities — July 19, 2024: Temperatures inching back up (1)

The weather, currently.

The cool, Canadian high pressure is now moving on. While we did not drop below 60 in the Twin Cities, Embarrass reached 39 degrees early Thursday!

We’re slowly turning up the dial on temperatures and dew points over the next 48 hours. Friday should still be very nice with partly cloudy skies and temperatures that will be a little bit warmer, in the low 80s. That increase in moisture will mean an increased chance of at least spotty to isolated thunder, especially by Sunday and Monday.

The final days of July may end on a hotter note. May we see only our second 90 degree day?

— 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.