Currently in San Francisco — August 15, 2024: Hotter Thursday

The weather, currently.

Thursday’s highs will head into the mid- to high-70s, a rare hot day that will send some of us scrambling for the beach and some headed to their nearest park to soak up the sun while it lasts.

High winds will continue (around 18mph) and overnight lows will stay steadily in the mid-50s, keeping the mornings cool even if everything warms up by midday.

Should be a beautiful weekend; we’ll check on that forecast tomorrow.

— Britta Shoot

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.