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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News
Bill Endersen

Heatwave: A sultry Monday with expected thunderstorms northwest this evening

A boy plays at the Como Regional Park Pool
A boy plays at the Como Regional Park Pool splash pad. Heat and humidity are expected to be high Monday forcing many Minnesotans to find ways to cool off before expected storms arrive this evening.
Tim Evans for MPR News

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Overnight conditions have remained very warm and humid and have provided little thermal relief.

Look for Monday to be dangerously hot and humid statewide. Various excessive heat warnings and heat advisories have been posted to include all parts of Minnesota and about the northern half of Wisconsin. The excessive heat warning for the most-dangerous conditions covers basically the greater Twin Cities area, central Minnesota, the Minnesota River Valley and part of northwestern Minnesota into Monday night.

Dangerous heat and humidity for Monday
Dangerous heat and humidity for Monday
National Weather Service

Most of Minnesota will have high temperatures in the 90s Monday afternoon with plenty of humidity.

The Twin Cities will have a high temperature near 99 with a dew point in the low 70s. The heat index will climb to about 104. The record high for today is 98 (1933).

Thunderstorm chances

A cold front will kick off scattered thunderstorms beginning mainly in west central and northwestern Minnesota Monday afternoon. Storms will grow as they spread northeastward. Some could become severe Monday evening. The marginal risk area (level 1 of 5) extends southeast into the Twin Cities.

Severe weather outlook for Monday
Severe weather outlook for Monday
NOAA Storm Prediction Center

Better on Tuesday

The cold front will drag somewhat less sultry conditions into the state from the northwest for Tuesday.

Wednesday looks like the most pleasant day of the week before we warm again Thursday and Friday.

Maybe rain later in the week

Thursday, Friday and Saturday will bring chances of scattered rain, which many of our lawns and gardens could use.