Hotter and a bit muggier weather returns for the weekend. Rain chances limited.
Wednesday has been a warm day but with comfortable dew points mainly in the 40s and 50s.
Isolated showers and thunderstorms have popped over northeastern Minnesota. They will dissipate overnight as they drift south into central Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin.
Thursday and Friday will be warm and dry. Highs will be mainly in the 80s with some low 90s. The North Shore will be much cooler whenever the wind blows in from Lake Superior.
Hot Fourth of July weekend, some mugginess
Some of the historic heat wave that has been frying the Pacific Northwest will drift eastward to Minnesota for the holiday weekend. Toasty high temperatures Saturday and Sunday will be mainly from the upper 80s to mid-90s. Monday will turn cooler in the northwest.
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Dew points will increase but probably not to tropical levels this time.
Recent rains have helped our vegetation perk up, but hot, rain-free weather the next few days will stress lawns, gardens and some crops again.
Saturday will be dry.
Scattered thunderstorms are possible from Sunday afternoon through Sunday night and maybe on Monday, but could easily be hit-or-miss.
The precipitation outlook indicates just meager rainfall amounts expected in Minnesota during the five days ending at 7 p.m. Monday.
Next week looks to be a bit unsettled at times with weak chances of showers and storms.
Hot, rather dry July?
The just-issued monthly weather outlooks for July indicated that Minnesota might be on the warmer-than-normal side and a bit drier than normal, too. In the graphics below, the tan areas marked "A" indicate the likelihood of above normal. Blue areas marked "B" would be below normal. And "EC" means even chances of going either way.
The temperature outlook is for July to remain hot in the West while the Upper Midwest, Great Lakes states, mid-Atlantic States and New England are likely to be warmer than normal, as well.
Rainfall is likely to be below normal from Wisconsin and Minnesota west across the Northern Great Plains to the Pacific Northwest while much of the South gets more and more rain.
