This illustration below pretty much sums up the June 7, 2011 heat well!
Another day of record high temperatures across Minnesota and Wisconsin on Tuesday as the mercury climbed to 100-degrees or greater in many locations, which I thought was a good possibility heading into Tuesday. According to the National Weather Service in Chanhassen, MSP airport had a high temperature of 103-degrees at 3:26 PM, setting a new record for June 7. In addition, many other milestones were reached on Tuesday in Minneapolis-St. Paul:
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Breaks the previous June 7th record of 95° set in 2004.
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Was the first 100°+ reading since July 31, 2006 (101°).
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Was the first 103°+ reading in almost 23 years, since July 31, 1988.
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Was tied for the second warmest temperature in the past 69 years (July 31, 1988 with 105° was the only warmer one)
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Was the second earliest on record that 103° had occurred, only behind May 31, 1934.
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Fell 1° short of the all-time June record of 104° set on June 27th, 1934.
According to Dr. Mark Seeley at the Minnesota State Climatology Office, the Minneapolis-St. Paul record temperature was a new all-time statewide record for this date, breaking the previous record of 100-degrees at Madison and Lamberton in 1987. New high temperature records were also set in St. Cloud, MN at 101-degrees, and Eau Claire, WI at an even 100-degrees. Locally, close to my home, Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie topped out at 101-degrees.
This is a sharp contrast to the air across northern Minnesota where Duluth only saw a “cool” high of 71-degrees. Here are some other high temperature readings across northern Minnesota. if you’re familiar with the geography of northern Minnesota, you can see where the warm front lie during the day. 90-degree temperatures or greater are highlighted in orange, and locations with temperatures lower than 75-degrees are noted in blue. Pretty sharp contrasts!
DULUTH AIRPORT : 71
INTERNATIONAL FALLS : 69
BRAINERD : 98
GRAND MARAIS MN : 68
HIBBING ARPT : 77
SKY HARBOR : 55
TWO HARBORS : 68
SILVER BAY : 70
GRAND MARAIS : 70
ELY : 79
CRANE LAKE : 72
EVELETH : 79
BIGFORK : 81
GRAND RAPIDS : 81
LONGVILLE : 88
PINE RIVER : 95
AITKIN : 90
MOOSE LAKE : 84
HINCKLEY ARPT : 97
CLOQUET : 70
MCGREGOR : 86
A cold front is forecasted to move through the state into Wisconsin during the overnight hours Wednesday morning, and bring an end to the record heat with it. Since the atmosphere is capped, we will not see anything in terms of precipitation locally with the heat and cool clash of air masses. We’ll finish out the week with high temperatures dipping into the mid to upper 60s across a good portion of the state. A much welcome change for sure. Comfortable weather for me is 75-degrees and sunny – a sense of balance rather than going from one extreme to the other. Enjoy a pleasant end to the week!
RS
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