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Updraft® is your source for Minnesota forecasts and insights from our expert meteorologists Ben Cathey, Sven Sundgaard and Mandy Thalhuber.

MPR News brings you the latest weather outlook, across all of Minnesota, so you can be better prepared for your day.

July 1, 2021 6:42 AM

Warm, dry start to July. Then a hot weekend

July will start with a couple warm but dry days. The Fourth of July weekend will be hot with a little mugginess by Sunday.

by Bill Endersen

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June 30, 2021 5:19 PM

Hotter and a bit muggier weather returns for the weekend. Rain chances limited.

July is set to begin on a warm, dry note. Then hotter weather and some humidity comes our way for the weekend. Next week looks a bit unsettled with chances of scattered showers and thunderstorms.

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June 30, 2021 8:49 AM

Warm but less humid through Friday; hot July Fourth weekend

Typical summer warmth will stay with us, but the humidity will be down for a few days. The weekend looks hot with increased humidity. Next week should bring periods of unsettled weather.

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June 30, 2021 6:08 AM

Very warm but less humid for a few days. Then a hot holiday weekend

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday will be quite warm but less muggy. Be ready for a hot and muggier holiday weekend.

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June 29, 2021 5:29 PM

Heat looms as we head toward the weekend

As the isolated showers and storms lingering in eastern Minnesota wind down Tuesday evening, the state heads into a much drier pattern again, and the heat builds back in by late week.

by Nicole Mitchell

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June 29, 2021 8:34 AM

As the rain moves out, hot and dry weather return

Minnesota’s recent rainier pattern comes to an end, replaced by drier weather that also turns hot by the holiday weekend.

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June 29, 2021 6:41 AM

The recent rainier pattern ends Tuesday

The wetter weather Minnesota has seen since the weekend comes to an end Tuesday, replaced by more sunshine and lower humidity.

by Nicole Mitchell

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June 28, 2021 5:30 PM

Another round of needed rain on Tuesday

Minnesota can expect one more day of scattered showers and storms before a significant shift in our weather pattern turns the state much drier again.

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June 28, 2021 7:42 AM

The pattern causing record heat in Seattle is also influencing Minnesota

The same weather pattern bringing record heat to the Pacific Northwest is also responsible for Minnesota’s recent wetter weather. However, as that pattern shifts, Minnesota goes back to hot and dry weather.

by Nicole Mitchell