Currently in San Francisco — August 22, 2024: Warm and windy

The weather, currently.

Thursday will be another warm, relatively windy day, with westerly winds coming in off the coast around 20mph. Should hit the low 70s at the peak of the day’s heat, with occasional cloud cover.

It’s been a lovely week, and there looks to be some hotter days ahead next week. Keep enjoying the mild days while you can!

— 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.