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Minnesota to See Prolonged Late‑May Heat With Storm Risk Next Week

Rising humidity will likely fuel scattered late‑day thunderstorms next week that could disrupt outdoor plans and affect air quality.

Overview

  • A warm, mainly dry pattern will hold through the weekend and into early next week with daytime highs in the 80s and nights staying mild.
  • Some areas are forecast to reach upper‑80s while overnight lows only dip into the mid‑60s, making conditions feel unusually summerlike for late May.
  • Forecast guidance shows humidity increasing by the middle to latter part of next week, which raises the chance of scattered late‑day and evening thunderstorms though timing and coverage remain uncertain.
  • An air quality alert can occur during hot afternoons when ground‑level ozone rises so people with lung problems should limit heavy outdoor exertion during peak heat.
  • Meteorologists describe the near‑term temperature outlook as confident but say they will keep monitoring model changes and advise checking updates before planning outdoor events next week.