Currently in the Twin Cities — July 26, 2024: Hottening up

The weather, currently.

Brace for the steamy weather. Humid air will return Friday and temperatures will increase heading into the weekend.

Highs will be in the mid to upper 80s Friday with more sunshine. We’ll near 90 Saturday. Dew points will be in the 60s and low 70s at times. We’ll also see the next chance of some thunderstorms late Sunday into Monday and perhaps again midweek.

Overall the pattern will be very warm to hot with just periodic breaks from any thunderstorms and residual clouds. The Climate Prediction Center gives Minnesota 80 to 90 percent odds of above normal temperatures into the start of August.

— 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.