Hot and dry conditions persist with elevated fire threat. Shift to milder, humid weather with showers and thunderstorms expected from Sunday.

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Ultimately, we could see increased fire danger as this dry stretch lingers on, especially with harvest season kicking up. If ...

Parts of the upper Midwest may see frost in late August as temperatures could bottom out in the 30s in some spots after the weekend of Aug. 23. The National Weather Service in Minnesota is calling the ...