Weather and Climate News

Sunny Thursday; hotter Friday
We’ll have plenty of sunshine Thursday. Temperatures will be hotter again Friday with the best chance of some thunderstorms Saturday into Saturday night. Next week brings more seasonable, comfortable temperatures.
It's a Kansas City summer in the Twin Cities
The past 30 days are the sixth warmest such period on record in the Twin Cities.
Season's first wildfire smoke drifting over Minnesota Wednesday
Wildfires in northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan are pumping smoke toward Minnesota. The smoke plumes are riding in on the gusty northwest wind flow behind a cool front that blew into Minnesota Tuesday night.
Above-normal temperatures continue
It will remain very warm across the region but a little cooler with slightly lower dew points Wednesday and Thursday. The next chance of some thunderstorms arrives Saturday for most with isolated thunder chances Wednesday night and Thursday night in western Minnesota.
Not as hot Wednesday; continued dry
It will still be very warm or even hot, but not like the last two days with lower dew points and slightly cooler temperatures. We will be mainly dry Wednesday and Thursday.
A summer cool front is breezing through Minnesota. A few strong to severe storms up north through this evening.
Why 100-degree heat is so dangerous in the United Kingdom
"We're used to treating hot spells as a chance to go play in the sun," said a top government scientist. "Our lifestyles and our infrastructure are not adapted to what is coming."
Hot, humid; some storms
Showers and clouds will move out across southern Minnesota Tuesday morning. Expect a hot, muggy afternoon with storms redeveloping north late Tuesday. Some storms could be strong there.
Clearing, becoming hot Tuesday; some storms
A few scattered showers early then clearing and hot midday Tuesday. A few isolated storms are possible again late, mainly in northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin.