Early summer heat wave takes toll on Minnesota roads, schools, lawns

The extended period of scorching hot weather gripping Minnesota is creating far more serious problems than discomfort: It's imperiling health, buckling roads and increasing the risks of wildfires and drought.

The Twin Cities metro area set a record for the earliest stretch of 90-degree days with nine consecutive days June 3 to 11, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). And extended forecasts all the way into the first few days of July show metro-area temperatures staying above normal.

"We haven't had a major system that shakes up the air mass enough to the point where we get rid of the heat," said Tyler Hasenstein, a meteorologist at the NWS regional office in Chanhassen.

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