If you think it's been hot, muggy and wet in your corner of Minnesota, you're right — and the numbers prove it.
From International Falls south to the Iowa border, Minnesotans are experiencing a sticky summer that is setting weather records in many parts of the state.
And if you're looking for a villain, blame Canada. It's the absence of Canadian air masses that is behind our horrid heat and humidity, said Pete Boulay, a climatologist with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
"We have not had many days where you had a [Canadian] cold front survive the trip south to drag in some cold air," he said. "It's been warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico.
"We can't get that air mass out of here. It just kind of lingers."
In the Twin Cities metro area, the first six weeks of summer have been the hottest and muggiest ever, said Dan Luna, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service (NWS) in Chanhassen.
Overnight low temperatures since June 1 have averaged 62.1 degrees, the hottest nighttime temperatures ever. That's two degrees higher than in 2012, which ranked second. Meanwhile, the average high temperature this summer in the Twin Cities is 80.7 degrees, the third-highest average for a summer in the metro area.
Adding the day and night temperatures yields an overall average temperature of 71.4 degrees — again, the highest average ever for the first half of summer.