Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Sunday was a good day to be on or near a lake.  I’m sure that it felt great to be swimming or wading in cool lake water.

The Sunday afternoon high temperature at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 97 degrees. I kept watching the temperature, which oscillated between 96 and 97 degrees for a couple of hours:

We never made it to 98 degrees, which would have been a new Twin Cities record high for Sept. 3.

The 97 degree reading tied the Twin Cities record high temp for Sept. 3, which was set in 1925. The average Twin Cities high temp is just 77 degrees on Sept. 3.

Blaine, in the north metro, had 99 degrees at 5 p.m. and 6  p.m. Sunday.

Some spots in Minnesota had triple-digit high temperatures Sunday afternoon. I saw a report of 102 degrees in Staples (central Minnesota), 101 in Brainerd, 101 degrees in Canby (southwestern Minnesota) and 100 in Montevideo. 

New record highs were set in Duluth, Hibbing and Brainerd:

Monday highs will be well into the 90s in much of southern and central Minnesota and parts of western Wisconsin:

Much of far northern Minnesota will see lower 90s, with some 80s in northeastern Minnesota and 70s up along the North Shore of Lake Superior.

Tuesday highs will range from 60s in far northwestern Minnesota to 90s in the southeast:

Wednesday high temps will feel autumn-like, with 60s north and 70s south:

Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to be in the lower 70s Wednesday and Thursday then around 80 degrees on Friday.

The Twin Cities metro area and southeastern Minnesota/western Wisconsin counties that border the Mississippi River remain in a heat advisory Sunday evening through Tuesday afternoon.

Here are advisory details for the metro area:

Here are advisory details for the southeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin counties that border the Mississippi River:

The area from Brainerd to Hinkley to Duluth plus far northwestern Wisconsin will be in a heat advisory from 3 p.m. Monday to 7 p.m. Monday:

Heat advisories for additional Minnesota and Wisconsin counties may need to be posted on Monday.

Labor Day is expected to be rain-free across most of Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin.

Far northwestern Minnesota could see a few scattered showers and thunderstorms Monday afternoon and Monday evening/night.

A slow moving cold front will spread some showers and thunderstorms across Minnesota and parts of western Wisconsin from Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday evening and the overnight hours of Tuesday night.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential rain pattern from 6 a.m. Tuesday to 11 p.m. Tuesday:

Check forecast updates on Tuesday; the thunderstorm coverage may be more extensive than what is show in the NAM model. Some severe weather will be possible late Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday evening.

You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the MPR News 

You can check these National Weather Service sites for updated weather info: 

The Minnesota State Climatology Office has posted interesting facts about 

You can hear my live weather updates on MPR News at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 4:39 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.

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Ron Trenda

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Some record high temps were tied or broken on Sunday. The heat wave will continue on Monday. We have the hot weather details, plus a look at rain chances this week.

Heat continues on Labor Day, cooler by Wednesday

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