Currently in San Francisco — July 9, 2024: Sunny days, foggy nights

The weather, currently.

The overnight fog has been intense the past day or two, huh? I love our SF fog, and when it’s street-level misty after dark, I know we’re in deep San Francisco summer.

The daytimes are beautiful in their own way — partly sunny and moody when the afternoon clouds come pouring in over the hills — and Tuesday will be a lot like Monday with mid-60s highs and mid-50s overnight. Enjoy the cool while it lasts; higher temps returns later this week.

— 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.