Currently in Chicago — August 7, 2024: Series of mild days ahead

The weather, currently.

Tuesday’s showers will gradually give way to clearing skies overnight, with a low near 68. Then we can expect a run of almost a full week of sunshine, with a few clouds to keep things interesting. Wednesday’s high will land in the mid-70s, and should be breezy with gusts up to 25mph.

I’ll be in the garden clearing out my poor storm-bedraggled sunflowers and planting some replacement fall crops (you’re not imagining it… the bunnies are indeed worse this year!). Looking at the chaos that Debby is wreaking, I’m grateful that the worst I’m dealing with is a damp basement.

— Katje Sabin

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.