{"id":359928,"date":"2026-07-03T13:11:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T13:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/359928\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T13:11:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T13:11:36","slug":"dallas-weather-hot-potentially-rainy-fourth-of-july-weekend-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/359928\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas weather: Hot, potentially rainy Fourth of July weekend begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>America\u2019s 250th birthday is at hand, and with that, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/weather\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hot<\/a>, humid and potentially\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/daily-weather-forecast\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rainy <\/a>holiday weekend kicks off Friday in North Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Friday\u2019s high is forecast by the National Weather Service\u2019s Fort Worth office to be 98 degrees, with a low of 78.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The heat index, or \u201cfeels like\u201d temperature, is expected to be 101.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Near-100 degree temperatures persist on July 4, with the weather service predicting a high of 99 degrees. Sunday\u2019s high is forecast to be 98, with a heat index of 102.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To beat the heat over the holiday weekend, the CDC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/weather\/2024\/07\/31\/your-ultimate-guide-to-dealing-with-the-heat-in-dallas-fort-worth\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recommends <\/a>drinking ample water, staying in the shade when possible, limiting consumption of caffeine and alcohol due to their dehydrating nature, wearing a hat and applying sunscreen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Friday, Saturday and Sunday all share a slight chance of showers and isolated non-severe thunderstorms, according to the weather service. Precipitation chances are set to peak Sunday at 15%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Humidity and partly cloudy skies are also anticipated to last through the weekend, according to the weather service.<\/p>\n<p>SATURDAY (INDEPENDENCE DAY): Partly sunny, hot and humid. Low: 80. High: 98. Wind: S 10-15 mph.<\/p>\n<p>SUNDAY: Partly cloudy, very warm and humid. 30% chance for an isolated storm. Low: 80. High: 97. Wind: S 5-10 mph.<\/p>\n<p>MONDAY: Partly cloudy, very warm, humid with a 20% chance for an isolated storm. Low: 78. High: 97. Wind: S 5-10 mph.<\/p>\n<p>TUESDAY: Sun, clouds, hot and humid. Low: 79. High: 96. Wind: S 5-10 mph.<\/p>\n<p>WEDNESDAY: Sun, clouds, hot and humid. Low: 79. High: 98. Wind: S 5-10 mph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"America\u2019s 250th birthday is at hand, and with that, a hot, humid and potentially\u00a0rainy holiday weekend kicks off&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359929,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117,3205,17921,88031,88030],"class_list":["post-359928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-heat","tag-service","tag-tp-daily-weather-forecast","tag-tp-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359928","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=359928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}