The temperature yesterday, July 20, reached 108\u00b0F at DFW Airport. This breaks the old record of 105\u00b0F set in 2012 (and 2000). The incredible, record breaking heat wave will continue today with likely another daily record being broken. Today’s record is 107\u00b0F set in 2012. Forecasted highs today are expected to be in 110\u00b0F to 115\u00b0F range. There is a chance the all-time hottest temperature record at DFW could be challenged (113\u00b0F set on June 26 and 27, 1980). We have an incredible ridge in place pushing nearly 600 dm, record H85 temps of 30\u00b0C, and a front pushing south forcing our winds to be westerly\/southwesterly (which is a hot downsloping flow for us) and aiding in compressional warming. This is the setup to really get us HOT. Again, if you must be outdoors please take extra precautions to avoid heat related illnesses, such as drinking plenty of non-alcoholic fluids to stay hydrated, and taking frequent breaks in an air conditioned environment. It cannot be stressed enough how incredibly dangerous this type of heat can be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The temperature yesterday, July 20, reached 108\u00b0F at DFW Airport. This breaks the old record of 105\u00b0F set in 2012 (and 2000). The incredible, record breaking heat wave will continue today with likely another daily record being broken. Today’s record is 107\u00b0F set in 2012. Forecasted highs today are expected to be in 110\u00b0F to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfwweather.org\/wxblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfwweather.org\/wxblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfwweather.org\/wxblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfwweather.org\/wxblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfwweather.org\/wxblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfwweather.org\/wxblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":640,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfwweather.org\/wxblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639\/revisions\/640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfwweather.org\/wxblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfwweather.org\/wxblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfwweather.org\/wxblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}