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Reaching 100 degrees is rare in the Twin Cities
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It looks like the Twin Cities won't quite reach triple-digit temperatures this week, as some models had predicted.
- That shouldn't come as a surprise.
By the numbers: Reaching 100 degrees has been extremely rare over the last 30 years. The mercury at MSP Airport has only met that threshold six times since 1995, according to Minnesota Department of Natural Resources data.
- The last time we hit 100: June 20, 2022.
Flashback: The hottest temperature ever recorded in the Twin Cities came on this date in 1936 — exactly 90 years ago. It got to 108.
- That Dust Bowl-era summer was miserable and deadly, according to an MPR News recounting. It hit 100 in eight days over a nine-day stretch in July. It rained just 0.11 inches that month.
- That heat wave killed an estimated 900 Minnesotans.
The big picture: Even if we haven't been hitting 100, Minnesota summers are still getting warmer due to climate change, according to Climate Central.
- That climate research group found that the average Twin Cities summer temp increased 1.2 degrees between 1970 and 2022.