Heat, Dodge
- When
- July 4, 7:00 AM CST to July 5, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.023, -92.862 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Minnesota, July 4 to 5, 1999
Afternoon temperatures reaching 95 to 100 combined with high humidity levels caused heat indices of 105 to 115. Even though there were a few cases of heat exhaustion reported, there were no deaths directly related to the excessive heat and humidity.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS ARX wrote it up.
Afternoon temperatures reaching 95 to 100 combined with high humidity levels caused heat indices of 105 to 115. Even though there were a few cases of heat exhaustion reported, there were no deaths directly related to the excessive heat and humidity.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Fillmore
- When
- July 4, 7:00 AM CST to July 5, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fillmore forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -92.090 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Houston
- When
- July 4, 7:00 AM CST to July 5, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Houston forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.671, -91.493 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Mower
- When
- July 4, 7:00 AM CST to July 5, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mower forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.672, -92.752 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Olmsted
- When
- July 4, 7:00 AM CST to July 5, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -92.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Wabasha
- When
- July 4, 7:00 AM CST to July 5, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wabasha forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.284, -92.230 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Winona
- When
- July 4, 7:00 AM CST to July 5, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Winona forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.987, -91.779 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Pennsylvania, July 4 to 6, 1999
- Heat in New York, July 4 to 6, 1999
- Heat in Maryland, July 4 to 7, 1999
- Heat in New Jersey, July 4 to 6, 1999
- Heat in New Jersey, July 4 to 6, 1999
- Heat in District of Columbia, July 4 to 7, 1999
- Heat in Virginia, July 4 to 7, 1999
- Heat in Delaware, July 4 to 6, 1999
- Heat in Michigan, July 4 to 5, 1999
- Flood and Hail in North Dakota, July 4, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Michigan, July 4 to 31, 1999
- Rip Current in Alabama, July 4, 1999
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, July 1999
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5707483, 5707484, 5707485, 5707486, 5707487, 5707488, 5707489.