Hot weather expected to return next week

After a temporary respite, with weather dipping into chilly temperatures and some rain falling in the area, weather forecasters are predicting a return to hot temperatures next week.

Most of the week in north-central Montana the temperatures stayed higher than originally expected, with the high Tuesday a hot 94 degrees at the reporting station at the Havre City-County Airport. Friday's National Weather Service forecast called for a high of 80 on Tuesday.

But, following a rainstorm that dropped just less than a quarter-of-an-inch at the airport Tuesday night, the temperatures dropped to a hi...