Very warm temperatures with highs in the lower to mid 90s paired with oppressive dew point readings in the upper 70s to lower 80s produced afternoon and evening heat indices generally from 100 to 115 degrees with little overnight recovery.
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The episode as NWS FSD wrote it up.
Very warm temperatures with highs in the lower to mid 90s paired with oppressive dew point readings in the upper 70s to lower 80s produced afternoon and evening heat indices generally from 100 to 115 degrees with little overnight recovery.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 13, 11:38 AM CST, 22 minutes earlier.
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4 excessive heat, 4 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Afternoon and evening heat indices on July 13 ranged from 100 to 106 degrees with a maximum heat index of 106 degrees at a personal weather station near Ivanhoe and 101 degrees at a Road Weather Information System site near Hendricks.
Afternoon and evening heat indices on July 13 ranged from 100 to 111 degrees with a maximum heat index of 111 degrees at a personal weather station in Marshall, 109 degrees at the Automated Weather Observing System site at Tracy, and 104 degrees at the Road Weather Information System site at Taunton.
Afternoon and evening heat indices on July 13 ranged from 100 to 104 degrees with a maximum heat index of 104 degrees at a RAWS station near Pipestone and 101 degrees at the Road Weather Information System site near Trosky.
Afternoon and evening heat indices on July 13 ranged around 100 degrees with a maximum heat index of 100 degrees at a Road Weather Information System site near Dovray.
Afternoon and evening heat indices on July 13 ranged from 100 to 103 degrees with a maximum heat index of 103 degrees at Road Weather Information System sites near Mountain Lake and 102 degrees near Jeffers, as well as 100 degrees at the Automated Weather Observing System site near Windom.
Afternoon and evening heat indices on July 13 ranged from 100 to 103 degrees with a maximum heat index of 103 degrees at Road Weather Information System site near Rushmore.
Afternoon and evening heat indices on July 13 ranged from 100 to 111 degrees with a maximum heat index of 111 degrees at a personal weather station in Lakefield, 108 degrees at a personal weather station in Round Lake, 105 degrees at a Road Weather Information System site near Lakefield, and 100 degrees at the Automated Weather Observing System site in Jackson.
Afternoon and evening heat indices on July 13 ranged from 100 to 113 degrees with a maximum heat index of 113 degrees at a personal weather station in Luverne, 108 degrees at a Road Weather Information System site near Beaver Creek, and 106 degrees at the Road Weather Information System site near Magnolia.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Minnesota in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, July 2024
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1204900, 1204902, 1204905, 1204906, 1204908, 1204912, 1204917, 1204922.