Currently in Boston — June 26, 2024: Heat and Humidity for Wednesday

The weather, currently.

A westerly breeze of hot and more humid air arrives for Wednesday with temperatures reaching 90 or even a bit better in the afternoon. Skies will be mostly sunny and it will be a good beach day. Late in the day clouds will increase, but I don’t foresee any storms until nightfall.

Early Thursday, showers and a chance of a thunderstorm will be in the forecast. Temperatures reach 80-85 Thursday. If there are clouds to start the day they will depart and more sunshine should return for the afternoon. Friday looks amazing with sunshine and warm dry air.

— 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.