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Minneapolis was able to escape triple digit heat this year. Topping out at 99 today. Brainerd clocking a 102 well north of the twin cities and the start of cabin country was eye catching.

Very steamy morning today on Michigan Ave, dews were running about 10 degrees higher then Minneapolis when we left the hotel. Great views from floor 39.

20 minutes ago, TheClimateChanger said:

The NWS point-click forecast centered on KMSP, shows a high of 96 on Saturday, 100 on Sunday, and 99 on Labor Day (see below). Saturday's forecast value is one shy of the daily record, and the other two would be new daily records. More significantly, this would be the second latest 100+ reading on record for the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.

The latest 100+ reading is September 10, 1931, when the mercury is said to have climbed to an incredible 104F. That is the only 100+ reading on record in the month of September in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area dating back to 1872. The current second latest 100+ reading is August 17, 1947, when it reached exactly 100F, so that September 10, 1931 is really an aberration. Obviously, can't break the September 10, 1931 record, but there is a decent chance of the second latest 100+ reading on record, and potentially the first time two days of 100+ were recorded in the month of September if Labor Day is just slightly warmer than presently forecast.

For the record, there is only one occasion when the month of August has had more than one 100+ reading in the Minneapolis-St. Paul threaded record - 1947, when it reached that figure 4 times. And there are only two dates in the entire threaded history where it's reached 100 or better after August 15 - 8/17/1947 & 9/10/1931.

I think we break 100 on Sunday. The relatively dry airmass should help temperatures overachieve compared to the last heatwave. 
 

Lucky me, I’ll be in Chicago this weekend for a wedding and miss the misery. 

Neighbors mature white oak tree has succumbed to a suspected case of “Twolined Chestnut Borer” No doubt that 3 summers of drought caused the mortality. 
 

I’ll post detailed stats this weekend but J/J/A will finish with 5.79” of precipitation, against an average of 12.86” which is only 45% of normal. 

6 hours ago, hardypalmguy said:

GFS was spot on with temps today, nailed the heat for MKE last week, etc. 

GFS showed 105-115 for Minneapolis during the last heatwave. We never made it above 98. 
 

I do think we have a better chance of breaking 100 this time around with much lower dews.

11 hours ago, hardypalmguy said:

All time record for September looks in jeopardy for MKE. Let’s bag the triple digits!

Why do you post the GFS, it’s proven over and over again to have a 5-10 degree warm bias. 

Heat does look to stick around for the first half of September. 

1 hour ago, hardypalmguy said:

I would take Morch shit all winter.  I'm over cold weather.

A winter like that would probably translate to 40s/50s through Memorial Day. 

11 hours ago, bowtie` said:

Until you get one of those Texas hookers that drag flooding rains straight up the Mississippi.

This sounds lovely right now tbh. There hasn’t been any precipitation here since August 14 with nothing on the horizon. 

Theme of the summer, smoke is back. 

Dang Bo, I thought it was autumnal here with our breezy high of 72 today, but you are six weeks ahead of us. Great to be able to open windows again. 

1 hour ago, Spartman said:

Temps have quit rising about everywhere

Except here in Minneapolis where we unexpectedly hit 90 again today. 

82/68 here. The difference in how I feel working outside between yesterday and today is remarkable.

73/66 and some fog. Still elevated dews but it feels a lot better out here today. 

The official high today in Minneapolis is 98, same as yesterday. Impressive late season heat wave. Tomorrow will feel refreshing with a forecasted 89.

Congratulations palm guy! 

Nice dry air up in Minneapolis. 
 

97/72/106

It was a lock but the 26th 90 of the year has been achieved in Minneapolis. 

Getting ready for work. We’ve reached our morning low of…..82. 

Maybe someone with experience working with ASOS data can help me out. The airport recorded numerous 5min obs of 98.6F, but the official high for the day is 98. Is there data smoothing/correction that occurs or something else?

97 with a heat index of 112 at 7pm. I could drive two hours north and it never got out of the mid 60s today. 

The record high for August 22nd was 97, so at the least we’ve broken that. 

98.6 is the high for the day so far, currently at 98.06

95/75 at 2pm. Let’s get to 100!

It’s swampy out there this morning. Today will be the 25th day in 2023 above 90 degrees in Minneapolis. Perhaps we make a run at 100 this afternoon.  

We appear to be busting low on temperatures for the second consecutive day in Minneapolis.

75/66 with a thick overcast sky. Forecast high temp was 86 today. We’ve made it up to 77 but the temp is bouncing around. 

I noticed this weekend besides the usual early maples some of the cottonwoods around town are turning yellow as well. Gotta be drought stress I’m guessing.