Currently in Chicago — August 8, 2024: A perfect weekend ahead

The weather, currently.

There’s not much to say about this weekend besides sunny days and cool nights. After a low around 60 tonight, we will have clear skies and a high in the mid-70s both Friday and Saturday; we might push up into the 80s on Sunday, but each night will bring us back into the low 60s again.

It’s about as perfect a forecast as you could hope for, with all the activities ahead: the Air and Water Show, the Bud Billiken Parade, and the 20^th anniversary of the day some hapless tourists were treated to Dave Matthews’ rendition of Poople Rain.

— 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.