Currently in Chicago — June 27, 2024: A break in the heat

The weather, currently.

We’ll have a few days of relief from both the heavy heat and the thunderstorms that have been marching through Chicagoland. Today’s warm weather will give way to a cool evening, almost down to 60, with light winds. Then tomorrow should dawn bright and clear, with a high near 70, followed by another cool night, before we see the storms and muggy heat roll back in for the weekend.

With severe storms come the threat of floods. Sign up for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District alert program to learn when our water system is overloaded and needs a break.

— 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.