Folks who have held their fingers crossed for a warm Labor Day weekend are in for a treat as Spokane and surrounding areas move into a week of record-breaking September heat.

With temperatures for the weekend projected to be in the mid- to upper 90s, National Weather Service Spokesman Steven Van Horn said the region is fixing to be “hot and dry.”

The rest of the week is more of the same, with temperatures in some areas climbing to 101 on Tuesday. Coming out of Thursday, highs should fall to mid-90s for Friday, Van Horn said.

“We could be seeing heat that would be breaking records for the whole month of September, not just daily records,” Van Horn said. “It is quite unusual for this kind of heat this late in the season.”

While the risk of heat illness is reduced after people have had a

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