Currently in Los Angeles — June 21, 2024: Heating up

The weather, currently.

Hope everyone had a nice and restful time off. As we head into Friday and the weekend, expect a nice warmup, and finally a taste of full-fledged summer. Even DTLA might hit around 90 by Saturday and Sunday. The beaches will be in the upper 70s and the valleys will be in 90s. Stay cool.

As we head into the tail end of June, the marine layer is becoming much less of a factor. Thursday morning in Hollywood was already full of abundant sunshine. This is normal, with the marine layer in L.A. peaking from end of May through mid-June.

The one other thing to look for will be leftover moisture from the first named storm of the Atlantic this season, Alberto, creating a monsoon effect on Sunday through early next week for eastern portions of SoCal.  

— Ade Adeniji

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.