Currently in San Francisco — July 2, 2024: Scorcher on Tuesday

The weather, currently.

Tuesday is a surprise scorcher, with a heat advisory issued between 11am Tuesday and 7pm Wednesday, as daytime highs will head above 80 and possibly 90 across San Francisco — even earlier this week than previously expected. And of course, some fog notwithstanding, Tuesday will be another bright sunny day.

If you can, get to the coasts, where it’s always cooler, and winds from the west between 10-20mph should make the high temps feel a bit more tolerable. Overnights will offer relief with lows in the mid-50s.

— 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.