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Heat builds: 90s return this week

Dew points rise back into the sticky 60s again.

That south wind you’re feeling is starting to pump up temperatures across Minnesota.

A hot and increasingly humid air mass is blowing northward into Minnesota Monday. Temperatures still hovered in the cool 60s in northern Minnesota. But temperatures soared well into the 80s to near 90 degrees are in southern Minnesota.

Temperatures Monday afternoon
Temperatures Monday afternoon
Oklahoma Mesonet

Temperatures in the Twin Cities are pushing into the mid-80s Monday even with considerable cloud cover.

Temperatures in the Twin Cities
Temperatures and dew points in the Twin Cities Monday
FAA

Back to the 90s

Tuesday and Wednesday will be the hottest days this week across most of Minnesota. Highs into the 90s cover most of the state.

Forecast high temperatures Wednesday
Forecast high temperatures Wednesday
NOAA

A cool front drifts into Minnesota Wednesday and Thursday. That will trigger scattered thunderstorms. The severe risk favors the Red River Valley Wednesday, but this zone could shift east for Thursday.

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Severe weather risk Wednesday
National Weather Service