For the second straight day, temperatures in the Twin Cities reached record-breaking levels.

By early afternoon Tuesday, temperatures had reached the 96-degree mark in Minneapolis, toppling 2004′s record for this day.

But that wasn’t the end of it. WCCO Chief Meteorologist Chris Shaffer said the day’s high ended up being 103 degrees — something that hasn’t happened in Minnesota since 1988.

Shaffer said wind gusts reached near 40 mph too, pushing a blast of heat across the Twin Cities, which was the hottest of the hot.