If it feels like campus has been under a heat warning all week, that's because it basically has. NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen first issued an Extreme Heat Warning at 3:57 a.m. Monday, July 14, running through 9 p.m. Wednesday, July 16. The office updated it twice more that same day — at 12:48 p.m. and again at 10:44 p.m. — each time keeping the warning in effect through Wednesday night.
Then, instead of letting the warning lapse, NWS pushed it further out. A Tuesday, July 15 update at 1:04 p.m. extended coverage through 9 p.m. Thursday, July 17, and a follow-up that night at 10:32 p.m. kept the same end time. The most recent version, issued at 3:42 a.m. Wednesday, July 16, still has the warning running until 9 p.m. Thursday.
Bottom line for anyone on or near campus: this isn't a one-day spike. NWS has kept the Twin Cities under back-to-back Extreme Heat Warnings for going on three days straight, with the current alert set to expire at 9 p.m. Friday, July 17. Anyone with classes, move-in duties, outdoor work or workouts planned before then should check weather.gov/mpx for the latest update before heading out, since the agency has shown it's willing to extend this again if conditions hold.
