{"id":348628,"date":"2026-06-24T15:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T15:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/348628\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T15:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T15:44:08","slug":"japan-vs-sweden-weather-fans-to-face-rising-texas-summer-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/348628\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan vs Sweden weather: Fans to face rising Texas summer heat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Japan and Sweden will face off Thursday evening in Dallas Stadium, the fourth of nine FIFA <\/a>World Cup<\/a> games in Dallas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fans have already been tasked with navigating<\/a> North Texas\u2019 extreme summer heat, and temperatures are only forecast to rise<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what to know about the forecast for Thursday\u2019s game.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Triple-digit temperatures are now expected by the National Weather Service\u2019s Fort Worth office to arrive as soon as this weekend, but not in time for Japan and Sweden\u2019s match.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s high is forecast to be 97 degrees with a low of 77, according to the weather service. The heat index, or \u201cfeels like\u201d temperature, could rise to 101.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Temperatures are expected to peak around 5 p.m., so fans headed to Dallas Stadium (AT&T Stadium) or one of the region\u2019s plethora of watch parties should plan to take precautions to beat the heat.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Texas A&M University College of Medicine professor Dr. Paul Ou previously shared <\/a>with The Dallas Morning News that these precautions include drinking one to two bottles of water an hour, moderating alcohol consumption \u2013 which can dehydrate \u2013 wearing a hat, applying sunscreen and monitoring for signs of heat exhaustion. Symptoms include dry mouth, fatigue and dizziness.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Though the match itself will be under the stadium\u2019s closed retractable roof, walks from public transportation and parking spots will still expose match attendees to the heat.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sunny skies are predicted throughout the day, given the 1% chance of precipitation forecast by the weather service. High humidity is also possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Japan and Sweden will face off Thursday evening in Dallas Stadium, the fourth of nine FIFA World Cup…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3205,2258,17921,27,29,28,88032,104167,88030,87998,87906],"class_list":["post-348628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-heat","tag-other-sports","tag-service","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-tp-dallas-fortworth","tag-tp-fifa-world-cup","tag-tp-weather","tag-tp-dallas","tag-tp-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348628","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=348628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}