Currently in San Francisco — October 6, 2023: A hot Friday and weekend too

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The weather, currently.

The heat will persist Friday with highs again in the 80s and above, depending on your San Francisco microclimate. Saturday will be much the same, and finally, on Sunday, the heat will break with highs only reaching the low 70s.

Overnights provide a little relief when temperatures head down into the 60s. Next week we can look forward to more standard SF fall days — until then, try to stay cool.

— Britta Shoot

What you need to know, currently.

New data show that September was largest monthly climate anomaly ever observed globally.

The bright red bar at the right side of the graph below is a shocking summation of this year’s extraordinary climate extremes: September 2023 was 0.5°C warmer than any other September in history — a margin that surpasses all of the combined warming of the past 20+ years. It was so unusually hot that climate scientists were left speechless.

Floods, fires, heat waves, droughts — this year has already featured disasters on a massive scale, and the growing El Niño is likely to compound those disasters in the months to come.

We are in a climate emergency — and each of us are already part of the team that can build a better future.

But I get it. This kind of news is so difficult to hear and decide what to do with. Each of us are only one person, and sometimes it feels completely overwhelming to watch the world literally spiral out of control.

Our sister publication, The Phoenix, has some advice for how to navigate your emotions, join with others, and take meaningful action.

— Eric Holthaus

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