Record High Of 97F At MSP Friday - Another Record-Breaking Day Expected Saturday

It was a hot one on Friday across the state, with essentially every climate location breaking its record for the day. The high in the Twin Cities made it up to 97F, but it reached 100F in both Park Rapids and Brainerd. The high of 98F in International Falls ties for their tenth warmest high ever recorded. Below are a couple of fascinating stats from NWS Duluth about a 25F degree warm-up in 20 minutes by Lake Superior, as well as from NWS Grand Forks on them hitting 100F for the first time since 1989.

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The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for the metro through 9 PM Sunday as highs are expected to be between 95F and 100F through the weekend. They also mention that, "In addition to the hot afternoon temperatures, lows will remain above 70 this weekend. This is the first heat wave of the year, which is often the most dangerous, since our bodies are not used to the heat yet."

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After the record high of 97F on Friday, Saturday looks to break another record - and quite easily, I must add. Temperatures will start off steamy in the low to mid-70s, climbing to the mid/upper 90s for highs. The record for the day in the Twin Cities is an easily attainable 92F. Another mainly sunny day is expected. Winds will be a bit breezier than Friday, with south-southwest gusts to 25 mph possible.

Many areas of the state will climb to the upper 80s or the 90s on Saturday, a good 20-25F degrees above average, under the sunny skies. A few isolated storms will be possible across portions of northern Minnesota during the early morning and Saturday Night timeframes.

Saturday will be a record-breaking day for highs across the state, as many NWS climate locations look to tie or break the record for the day.

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Another hot day of weather is expected Sunday, with record highs possible for areas like Hibbing and Park Rapids. Our record Sunday in the Twin Cities is 97F, so it looks like we'll fall short of that at the moment.

As a frontal boundary starts to move across the state before stalling out Sunday, a few of the afternoon and evening storms that pop could be on the strong side with another Marginal Risk of severe weather in place. Large hail and damaging winds once again would be the main threats.

Highs will "cool" to around 90F as we head into the beginning of the week, with highs in the upper 80s possible Wednesday. The good news is that we could start to see our rain chances increase a little toward the middle of the week, with a 20-40% chance of showers and thunderstorms Tuesday through Thursday.

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"Smoggy with a hellishly-hot wind and a risk of wildfires". Welcome to L.A. - with lakes. Temperatures rise 20-25F above average today, smashing the old MSP record of 92F in 1925 by the lunch hour. Mid to upper 90s are likely, with more 100-degree highs just west of MSP. Hot enough for most of us right?

Don't even think of leaving a child (or pet) in a vehicle, even for a minute or two. Temperatures can heat up to 130F, turning a car or truck into an oven, with tragic results. Every year an average of 38 U.S. children die in overheated cars, every single death preventable

Models are hinting at a hot, holding pattern, with highs near 90F most of next week, and only a handful of random, late-day, instability thunderstorms. At some point the heat will break, but I suspect this is the first of a series of heat waves this summer

Remember February? Jason Hsu said it best. "I have a faint and dreamlike memory of a time when venturing outside even for a moment required suiting up like a Knight of the Round Table."

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SATURDAY: Sunny with record heat. Wake up 73. High 98. Chance of precipitation 0%. Wind SW 15-25 mph.

SUNDAY: Steamy sunshine, nighttime T-storm? Wake up 73. High 91. Chance of precipitation 30%. Wind SW 15-25 mph.

MONDAY: Hazy sun, still stinking hot. Wake up 74. High 92. Chance of precipitation 20%. Wind S 10-20 mph.

TUESDAY: Partly sunny, mostly sweaty. Wake up 73. High 91. Chance of precipitation 20%. Wind S 8-13 mph.

WEDNESDAY: Plenty of sunshine. Wake up 71. High 91. Chance of precipitation 20%. Wind E 8-13 mph.

FRIDAY: Humid, better chance of T-storms. Wake up 72. High 88. Chance of precipitation 60%. Wind NW 8-13 mph.

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Minneapolis Weather Almanac And Sun Data
June 5th

*Length Of Day: 15 hours, 28 minutes and 11 seconds
*Daylight GAINED Since Yesterday: ~1 minute and 8 seconds

*When Do We Climb To 15.5 Hours Of Daylight? June 7th (15 hours, 30 minutes, and 16 seconds)
*When Is The Earliest Sunrise Of The Year?: June 13-17 (5:25 AM)
*When Is The Sunset At/After 9 PM?: June 12th (9:00 PM)

This Day in Weather History
June 5th

1930: Heavy rain falls at Waseca. 4.3 inches of rain would fall over 24 hours.

1915: This date marks the first of a long stretch of days of measurable rain at Winton near Ely. Measurable rain would fall on each day until 19th. The total amount of rain for the fifteen days was over six inches.

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As we head through the first Saturday of June, we will see a frontal boundary in the Northern Plains/Upper Midwest producing some showers and storms, some of which could be strong. A system approaching the Northeast from Canada will produce storms in New England. Isolated storms will be possible across the Deep South and Southeast, particularly in the lower Mississippi Valley, and in the Rockies. A front in the Northwest will produce some rain and higher elevation rain/snow showers.

The heaviest rain from Friday through Sunday will be in areas that do not need more rain - portions of the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast, where an additional 3"+ of rain could fall.

Through Thursday, areas like Houston and Lake Charles have already picked up at least 2-3 feet of rain so far this year, a good chunk of that falling during the month of May. New Orleans has received over 42" of rain so far in 2021 - 17.32" above average and their third wettest start to the year on record.

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10% of the World's Sequoias Burned in a Single Wildfire Last Year

More from Earther: "The climate crisis has put sequoias on a dangerous path. A draft report from the National Park Service indicates that 10% of the largest trees in the world were wiped out in last year's Castle Fire. Sequoias can live for thousands of years. Trees alive today are our connections to deep time. As Christianity rose, the Han Dynasty collapsed, and countless other human activities proliferated around the world, sequoias still alive today silently rose to towering heights in isolated pockets of California's Sierra Nevada. To stand in the shadow of a giant sequoia is to feel the heft of history drape over you. Yet humanity's most lasting legacy, which began during the Industrial Revolution, might be contributing to their downfall. Climate change coupled with a freak August lightning storm lit the Castle Fire. It was one of a number of explosive wildfires that stretched California's fire resources to the brink in 2020. The firestorm caused widespread destruction, and the new draft report, shared with the Visalia Times Delta, shows we're still getting a handle on just how much we've lost."

More from the University of Wisconsin-Madison: "For birds and other wildlife, winter is a time of resource scarcity. Extreme winter weather events such as a polar vortex can push some species to the edge of survival. Yet winter tends to get short shrift in climate change research, according to UW–Madison forest and wildlife ecology Professor Ben Zuckerberg. "When we think about the impact of climate change, winter tends to be overlooked as a time of year that could have significant ecological and biological implications," says Zuckerberg. "It makes me, and my colleagues, think quite deeply about the impacts of these extreme events during this time when species are particularly vulnerable.""

Are wind farms slowing each other down?

More from HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM HEREON: "More and more countries are promoting the expansion of wind farms at sea to support the transformation towards a carbon neutral energy production. However, if these offshore wind farms are set up close to each other, wind energy and hence electricity yield is reduced. A study by the Helmholtz Center Hereon, which has now been published in the journal Nature Scientific Reports, shows that the losses with increasing offshore wind energy production will be considerable and detectable as large scale pattern of reduced wind speed around wind farms."

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