Summer heat will return to the Twin Cities on Monday as air quality concerns linger for parts of Minnesota. The week will start dry and warm, with highs near 90 in the metro. The northern half of the state remains under an air quality alert through 6 p.m. due to Canadian wildfire smoke, the National Weather Service said.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency released the top hourly fine particle readings from the air quality alert that ran from Friday to Sunday, with the worst reading at 404.9 in Detroit Lakes. That put it 5th on the all-time highest fine particle pollution levels from wildfire smoke ever recorded in Minnesota.

Weekend wildfire smoke produced some of the worst air pollution ever recorded in MN originally appeared on Bring Me The News. The smoke from Canadian wildfires produced some of the worst fine particle pollution on record in Minnesota over the weekend.

Multiple U.S. states and Canadian provinces are experiencing poor air quality from wildfire smoke. Here's where.

The Pollution Control Agency has issued a statewide air quality alert through 9 a.m. Monday because of Canadian wildfire smoke.

Wildfire smoke and storms are the theme for Minnesota's weather on Sunday.

Air quality alerts remain in place for Wisconsin until noon and northern Minnesota until 6pm this evening. Temperatures will be hot on Monday and Tuesday with highs nearing 90 degrees. Showers and storms return late Tuesday with showers into Wednesday. MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - It's a hot and sunny Monday with more heat before storms on Tuesday.

An air quality alert is still in effect until 9 am Monday for the state of Minnesota. Air quality for Monday is looking to be better, but again, some smoke will still be around, so air quality is forecasted to be at a moderate level.