MARSHALL — Temperatures in southwest Minnesota are expected to climb again this weekend — and it’s possible that we could set some new records for heat, the National Weather Service said.

NWS has issued a hazardous weather outlook in southwest Minnesota, central Minnesota and west Central Minnesota through next Thursday.

“We can expect this to be a pretty warm holiday weekend,” said Matthew Meyers, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Sioux Falls.

High temperatures in Marshall are forecast to get into the upper 90s and low 100s over Labor Day weekend. There’s a possibility the daytime high temperature could reach 101 degrees on Sunday, Meyers said.

Marshall could potentially break heat records for Sept. 2, 3, and 4, Meyers said. The city’s record high temperature for Sept. 2 is 96 degrees, which was set back in 1937. The record high for Sept. 3 was 95 degrees in 1971. And the record high for Sept. 4 was 95 degrees in 1938. The heat forecast for Marshall this weekend could also set records for warmest low temperatures for those dates, Meyers said.

“The good news is that the humidity is not as bad this time,” he said. The last heat wave Marshall had brought humidity and high heat indexes with it. This weekend, temperatures outside will feel pretty close to the actual temperature — although that’s still very hot, Meyers said.

As with previous heat waves, the National Weather Service is encouraging area residents to take precautions like limiting the amount of time spent outdoors, finding shade and drinking plenty of water.

Also, the National Weather Service is also warning that dry, hot and breezy conditions will lead to elevated fire weather concerns.

By the middle of next week, temperatures will gradually cool off a little to levels that are more normal for this time of year, the NWS forecasts.