Currently in Boston — July 8th, 2024: Heatwave this week

The weather, currently.

Many inland areas reached 90° on Sunday and will do so again Monday, Tuesday, and even Wednesday. This will be a three or four day heatwave.

This week the humidity will be higher than average with dew points within a few degrees of 70 much of this time. This will put the heat index at or above 100° for several hours for those inland communities. There will be a lessening of the heat for the second half of the week with a few showers possible.

— Dave Epstein

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.