{"id":215916,"date":"2026-03-22T23:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T23:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/215916\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T23:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T23:22:09","slug":"lubbock-sets-new-record-high-of-96-degrees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/215916\/","title":{"rendered":"Lubbock sets new record high of 96 degrees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Another day of record heat for some communities on the South Plains including Lubbock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Lubbock recorded a new record high of 96 degrees. The previous record was 90 degrees; that occurred in 2018.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Lubbock recorded a new record high of 96 degrees. The previous record was 90 degrees; that...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BTCO4XA3CRA5PARZXUYIGMM23I.JPG\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Lubbock recorded a new record high of 96 degrees. The previous record was 90 degrees; that occurred in 2018.(John Robison | KCBD Graphic)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">However, there is relief on the way as a cold front continues to push cooler, then colder air across the area overnight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The latest cold front will start our week off afternoon temperatures in the 60s to low 70s. It may feel cool enough for a light jacket in the northern communities on Monday morning. Cooler temperatures will cover all of the region on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Lubbock recorded a new record high of 96 degrees. The previous record was 90 degrees; that...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KCGEWS3435EIDBFGZ3J5BSTWNQ.JPG\" width=\"980\" height=\"561\" \/>Lubbock recorded a new record high of 96 degrees. The previous record was 90 degrees; that occurred in 2018.(John Robison | KCBD Graphic)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">However, along and ahead of the cold front today there were some communities that hit the century mark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Winds will be gusty into the evening hours but will be lighter by Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Monday cooldown will be a short one as 80s will return on Tuesday. That will be followed by 90s on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Another day of record heat for some communities on the South Plains including Lubbock.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-215916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}