"Minneapolis Warmest Minimum Broken by 7 °F" by Steve Scolnik, CapitalClimate

Minnesota, Wisconsin Heat Records Roasted;
Update: Minneapolis Warmest Minimum Broken by 7°

by Steve Scolnik, CapitalClimate, June 8, 2011

Image (click to enlarge): Surface temperatures at 5 pm CDT, June 7, 2011, from Unisys; Minnesota/Wisconsin high temperatures for June 7, from National Weather Service

Midnight CDT Update: With one hour left to go in June 7 (local standard time), the temperature is currently 86° at Minneapolis. The morning low of 78° beats the old warmest minimum for June 7, set in 1959, by 7°. Today's low temperature is equal to the average high temperature for June 7.

9 PM CDT Update: The hottest day in Minneapolis since 1988 snarled rush hour traffic as buckled pavement closed 3 lanes of Interstate 94.

8 PM CDT Update: Some more Minnesota/Wisconsin/Iowa high temperature records smashed on June 7:

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 100 DEGREES WAS SET AT EAU CLAIRE WI   
TODAY AT 456 PM CDT. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 95 SET IN 1987.  

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 100 DEGREES WAS SET AT LA CROSSE WI   
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 97 SET IN 1987.  

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 101 DEGREES WAS SET AT ST CLOUD MN   
TODAY AT 233 PM CDT. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 96 SET IN 2004.  

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 101 DEGREES WAS SET AT ROCHESTER MN   
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 95 SET IN 1987.  

THE TEMPERATURE AT THE SIOUX CITY GATEWAY AIRPORT [Iowa] ROSE TO 99 DEGREES   
AT 254 PM THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH ESTABLISHES A NEW RECORD DAILY HIGH   
TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE.  
THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 96 DEGREES...WHICH WAS SET IN 1981...1987   
AND IN 2000.  

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 99 DEGREES WAS SET AT MASON CITY IA   
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 95 SET IN 1987.  

Read more here:  http://capitalclimate.blogspot.com/2011/06/minnesota-wisconsin-heat-records.html