Excessive heat warning kicking in early Monday afternoon

Published 8:09 pm Sunday, August 25, 2024

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The heat from this weekend will carry over to Monday prompting the National Weather Service to issue an excessive heat warning, which will go into effect early in the afternoon.

The warning will prompt at 1 p.m. Monday afternoon and is expected to go through to 8 p.m. Monday night with temperatures reaching to around 93 degrees and heat indexes pushing higher to around 102 degrees. 

This warning includes southeastern Minnesota, northeastern Iowa and west central Wisconsin.

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Temperatures will again be high on Tuesday, reaching tiny the mid-80s, but will begin dropping soon after. Temperatures by the end of the week are expected to be in the high 70s.