{"id":327231,"date":"2026-06-08T06:59:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/327231\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T06:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:59:10","slug":"summer-heat-continues-this-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/327231\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer heat continues this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Summer heat has returned to the South Plains and rain chances have decreased.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Lubbock recorded a high of 96 today, slightly above the normal of 91 degrees. At least the humidity levels decreased some, except for communities along and east of the caprock.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Looking ahead, it will be a typically hot June week with afternoon high temperatures remaining...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1780901949_729_VAM7RLHOZBCR3MV35VOKJKWTEY.JPG\" width=\"980\" height=\"577\" \/>Looking ahead, it will be a typically hot June week with afternoon high temperatures remaining in the 90s over the South Plains.(John Robison | KCBD Graphic)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Looking ahead, it will be a typically hot June week with afternoon high temperatures remaining in the 90s over the South Plains. Isolated thunderstorms may still be possible, but chances are much lower than this past week. However, rain chances will increase by Friday and the coming weekend.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Looking ahead, it will be a typically hot June week with afternoon high temperatures remaining...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1780901949_246_MN3ETBMRGBHETAL3MOBDHAAKUE.JPG\" width=\"980\" height=\"552\" \/>Looking ahead, it will be a typically hot June week with afternoon high temperatures remaining in the 90s over the South Plains.(John Robison | KCBD Graphic)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">With more hot weather ahead, here\u2019s a few reminders of how to beat the heat: drink extra water; if outside, seek shade; wear a wide brim hat and light color and weight clothing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"With the heat ahead, here\u2019s a few reminders of how to beat the heat: drink extra water; if...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1780901950_551_HPDQHE2QHVHE7PGNMQD4RX3M3Q.JPG\" width=\"980\" height=\"549\" \/>With the heat ahead, here\u2019s a few reminders of how to beat the heat: drink extra water; if outside seek shade; wear a wide brim hat and light color and weight clothing.(John Robison | KCBD Graphic)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Remember to check the back seat with the expected high temperatures we\u2019re expecting for the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Along with heat safety, even with the welcome rainfall, the area fire danger will be elevated.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Summer heat has returned to the South Plains and rain chances have decreased. Lubbock&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-327231","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\/327231","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=327231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}