The world's oceans were the hottest ever recorded, while Antarctica continued to set records for low amounts of sea ice, the World Meteorological Organization said.
The heat wave ends Tuesday with the passage of a strong cold front. Showers and thunderstorms have been firing up. Some storms could be severe into Tuesday evening in eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin.
We’ll have one more hot day across eastern Minnesota with highs in the 90s as a heat advisory continues. Strong storms are possible late in the day ahead of a sharp cool front.
Tuesday will be hot in southeast Minnesota with storms developing across central Minnesota. An air quality alert is posted for northwest Minnesota into early Wednesday. It will be cooler statewide Wednesday.
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.
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