Currently in the Twin Cities — June 24, 2024: Steamy with a chance for strong storms

The weather, currently.

Monday will be steamy with a chance for strong storms to develop late ahead of a cool front. We should get a dry break by midweek before more showers and storms are possible late Thursday into Friday.

Unfortunately, the predictions of excessive rainfall panned out for southern Minnesota over the weekend. Mankato received 8.30 inches of rainfall in just a 48 hour period. For June rainfall (month to date), Dennison (just south of Cannon Falls) has received 14.83 inches! The normal value for June 1-23 is about 3.50 inches.

— Sven Sundgaard

On Tuesday, June 25 join Currently founder Eric Holthaus in conversation with local author Ashley Shelby for the launch of her newest collection of short stories of climate fiction — Honeymoons in Temporary Locations.

Moon Palace Books, 6pm on Tuesday evening. See ya there!

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.