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Death Valley records hottest month ever on Earth
The weather station at Furnace Creek has recorded the hottest month ever reliably measured on Earth. July's average monthly temperature of 108 degrees breaks the July record of 107.4 degrees set just last year.
A nice end to July; thunderstorm chance spreads south into Wednesday
Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible in far northern Minnesota late this afternoon and this evening, and that rain chance expands through the remainder of northern Minnesota and into central Minnesota overnight.
P.M. shower and thunder chance; steamy next Saturday?
Our Sunday weather was very typical of July. We had morning sunshine, followed by scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. The high temperature at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 82 degrees, just one degree shy of our average Twin Cities metro area high this time of year. Our Monday will be similar to Sunday,…