Currently in Chicago — June 5, 2023

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Eric Holthaus & Tim McGill
June 04, 2023

The weather, currently.

Break from the heat.

1. Break From Heat

2. Smoky Skies

3. Warmer By Weekend

Clouds break on Monday for some hazy sunshine as highs hit the lower 80s. More clouds and cooler Tuesday with highs in the upper 70s. Becoming mostly sunny Wednesday as highs hit the middle 70s. Sunny skies Thursday with highs in the middle 70s. Highs climb to around 80 Friday with mostly sunny skies. Warmer this weekend with highs at least in the lower 80s. Cooler lakeside every day. Smoke from Canadian wildfires will give the sun a hazy appearance at times early this week.

What you need to know, currently.

France Télévisions, the French public television network, has revamped its daily weather broadcasts to incorporate climate change. The change is being heralded by climate journalists around the world.

The goal is to “not just to say, ‘It will be sunny tomorrow or it will rain,’ but to explain why,” Alexandre Kara, the editor-in-chief of France Télévisions, said in an interview with the AFP news agency. Kara added that it is no longer “acceptable to be happy that it is 25 degrees [77 degrees Fahrenheit] in [the seaside resort town of] Biarritz in February without explaining why.”

Covering Climate Now

What’s more, their entire newsroom — not just weather journalists — will no longer fly to report on domestic stories “except in cases of urgent breaking news.” Bon travail, France Télévisions!

-Eric Holthaus

A Path-breaking Innovation in Climate Journalism

French public television replaces traditional weathercasts with weather-and-climate reports

coveringclimatenow.org/climate-beat-story/a-path-breaking-innovation-in-climate-journalism

What you can do, currently.

Welcome to the new-and-improved Currently!

If you’re a big fan of Currently, please share us with a friend! Our brand-new referral program is a way to give our biggest fans direct ownership of our company. We are the first weather service in the world to do this, and we’ll have much more in the coming days on our hopes and dreams for member-ownership, as well as Currently as a whole.

Thank you for taking this exciting journey with us!

—Eric Holthaus