Currently in the Twin Cities — July 23, 2024: One last stormy day for awhile

The weather, currently.

We have one more unsettled day Tuesday with spotty showers and thunderstorms. A cool front will clear southern Minnesota by the end of the day.

Dew points will fall into the 50s for Wednesday making for more stable conditions the rest of the week along with surface high pressure. Look for lots of sun Wednesday into Saturday.

It’ll be briefly cooler Wednesday, in the upper 70s before things warm up more quickly. The weekend is likely to bring some 90 degree readings to southern Minnesota. It’d be only our second in the Twin Cities this summer. Normal to date is 8 days of 90+ degrees.

— 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.