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Record Heat

 

Tuesday June 7th

 

 Fast Facts:

  The high of 103° observed at 3:26 pm on Tuesday at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport:

• Breaks the previous June 7th record of 95° set in 2004.
• Was the first 100°+ reading since July 31, 2006 (101°).
• Was the first 103°+ reading in almost 23 years, since July 31, 1988.
• Was tied for the second warmest temperature in the past 69 years (July 31, 1988 with 105° was the only warmer one)
• Was the second earliest on record that 103° had occurred, only behind May 31, 1934.
• Fell 1° short of the all-time June record of 104° set on June 27th, 1934.

    The high of 101° observed at 4:12 pm on Tuesday at the St. Cloud Airport:

• Breaks the previous June 7th record of 96° in 2004.
• Was the first 100°+ reading and warmest temperature since July 31, 2006 (101°).
• Was the second earliest on record that 101° had occurred, only behind May 31, 1934.
• Fell 1° short of the all-time June record of 102° on June 28th, 1931 and June 24th, 1988.

   The high of 100° observed on Tuesday at the Eau Claire Airport:

• Breaks the previous June 7th record of 95° in 1987.
• Was the first 100°+ reading and warmest temperature since July 31, 2006 (103°).

• Fell 2° short of the all-time June record of 102° on June 29th, 1931.

   

  In addition to the record high temperatures that were set on June 7th, records were set in regard to the low temperatures as well in the Twin Cities and at St. Cloud. 

  THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT MINNEAPOLIS ST PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
  ON JUNE 7TH WAS 78 DEGREES AT 309 AM CDT. THIS WAS THE HIGHEST
  MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDED ON JUNE 7TH. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS
  RECORD OF 71 SET IN 1959.
  
  THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT ST CLOUD AIRPORT ON JUNE 7TH WAS 69 DEGREES
  AT 706 AM CDT. THIS TIED THE HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ON RECORD
  FOR JUNE 7TH SET IN 1968 AND 1959.
  
   

Monday June 6th

Record High Set at Minneapolis on Monday, June 6th - A record high temperature of 97° was recorded at Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport on Monday.  The record high temperature occurred at 5:43 pm. This broke the old record of 95 degrees set in 1987 and 1979.

 

Highest Temperatures Recorded in Minneapolis/St. Paul (Period of Record: 1871-2011)

Temperature	Date(s)
108 degrees	7/14/1936
106 degrees	7/12/1936,  7/11/1936,  7/10/1936,  5/31/1934
105 degrees	7/31/1988,  7/13/1936,  7/23/1934,  7/22/1934,  7/21/1934
104 degrees	7/24/1941,  7/ 6/1936,  6/27/1934,  9/10/1931,  7/27/1931
103 degrees	6/7/2011, 7/23/1940,  7/22/1940,  8/15/1936
102 degrees	7/15/1988,  6/ 8/1985,  8/ 4/1947,  6/29/1931,  6/28/1931,  7/16/1926,  7/20/1901
101 degrees	7/31/2006,  7/13/1995,  8/ 1/1988,  6/24/1988,  7/ 8/1974,  7/ 6/1948,  8/10/1947,  7/18/1940,  7/ 8/1936, 7/ 7/1936,  7/20/1932,  7/15/1931,  7/24/1901,  7/23/1901
100 degrees	7/ 3/1990,  7/ 5/1982,  7/11/1980,  7/19/1977,  7/13/1976,  6/13/1956,  7/28/1955,  7/26/1955,  7/ 4/1949,  7/ 3/1949,  8/17/1947,  8/ 5/1947,  7/23/1941,  7/19/1940,  7/10/1937,  7/30/1933,  6/19/1933,  7/16/1931,  6/30/1931,  8/15/1913,  7/26/1894,  7/11/1894,  7/ 1/1883

 

 

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Smoky Sky 

Fires across eastern Arizona, the southern Plains, and Mexico have created smoke which has been dragged northward since Sunday in southerly flow. This was prevalent in satellite (see below) and even in haze observations across the central and western Plains on Monday, and could be seen on satellite on Tuesday atop the region, and a milky white sky indicates the likely presence of this smoke.

Fires and Smoke Plumes as Detected by NOAA Satellites More Info

5:40 pm Monday Visible Satellite Image Showing the Smoke

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Computer Model Trajectory of Air Parcels at ~15,000 ft. From Monday Afternoon Through Tuesday Afternoon

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