Heat, Traverse
- When
- July 28, 11:00 AM CST to July 30, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Traverse forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP STATION
- Coordinates
- 45.772, -96.472 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Minnesota, July 28 to 30, 2006
Much above normal temperatures and high humidity combined to bring heat indices of 105 to 115 degrees to parts of west central Minnesota. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to around 105 for the three day period.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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 ABR wrote it up.
Much above normal temperatures and high humidity combined to bring heat indices of 105 to 115 degrees to parts of west central Minnesota. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to around 105 for the three day period.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Big Stone
- When
- July 28, 11:00 AM CST to July 30, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Big Stone forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP STATION
- Coordinates
- 45.426, -96.411 (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 Illinois, July 28 to 31, 2006
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in New York, July 28, 2006
- Heat in Pennsylvania, July 28, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 28 to 29, 2006
- Flooding and Hail in Massachusetts, July 28, 2006
- Flash Flooding in New York, July 28, 2006
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 28, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 28, 2006
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 28, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 28, 2006
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 28, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 28 to 29, 2006
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, July 2006
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5522049, 5522050.