Heat, storms, air quality pummel Minnesota

Jul 27, 20230

Glen Stubbe, Star Tribune count

Joseph Gaetke and his daughter Brooklyn Bello, 10, rode the lazy river at Cascade Bay Water Park as temperatures reached into the mid 90s Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in Eagan. Gaetke is a bartender and doesn't get too much of the sun, and he said it felt great to be at the park for the first time.

Much-needed rain across the Twin Cities and parts of central Minnesota brought little relief Wednesday from high heat and humidity as it dragged into Thursday.

The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory in effect until 8 p.m. Thursday from the South Dakota border near Madison, Minn., to Willmar to the Twin Cities and into St. Croix and Pierce counties in Wisconsin. Faribault, Redwood Falls, Mankato and Red Wing are included in the advisory area, which covers 25 counties where temperatures and humidity combined make it feel like 100 degrees.

"Little cooling relief is expected overnight," the National Weather Service said on Wednesday.

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