{"id":365693,"date":"2026-07-08T18:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T18:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/365693\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T18:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T18:44:09","slug":"fort-worth-area-hits-100-degrees-for-the-first-time-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/365693\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth area hits 100 degrees for the first time in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AHi_j0016.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Jodi Tollleson, left, and  Patti Newsome of Mineral Wells, Texas, cool down at Burger\u2019s Lake on Aug. 2, 2011, in Fort Worth.  A heat wave that summer went down in history as one of the worst in North Texas.\" alt=\"Jodi Tollleson, left, and  Patti Newsome of Mineral Wells, Texas, cool down at Burger\u2019s Lake on Aug. 2, 2011, in Fort Worth.  A heat wave that summer went down in history as one of the worst in North Texas.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Jodi Tollleson, left, and  Patti Newsome of Mineral Wells, Texas, cool down at Burger\u2019s Lake on Aug. 2, 2011, in Fort Worth.  A heat wave that summer went down in history as one of the worst in North Texas.<\/p>\n<p>                Ron Jenkins<\/p>\n<p>            Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hot outside \u2014 and North Texas has officially begun the hottest days of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas-Fort Worth officially recorded its <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/fwd\/d100data\">first 100-degree day of the year<\/a> on Tuesday, July 7. The high temp was recorded at DFW Airport a little after 2 p.m. Tuesday, according to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/wrh\/Climate?wfo=fwd&amp;tab=observed\">National Weather Service Fort Worth<\/a>. This is a little bit later than the average for when the first triple-digit temperatures hit the area, which is usually July 1. The last time the area hit 100 degrees was September 4, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the DFW area only hit 100 degrees seven times. Within the last decade, 2023 was the year with the most 100-degree days, at 55.<\/p>\n<p>How hot will it be the rest of the week?<\/p>\n<p>The high for North Texas on Wednesday, July 8 is 99 degrees, with isolated storm chances for areas east of Interstate 35. Gusty winds are the main threats with these storms, but they may also feature some heavy rain and frequent lightning.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, July 9, the high is back to 100 degrees, with highs ranging in between 96-99 degrees and lows in the mid- to upper-70s from Friday, July 10 until Monday, July 13, according to the N<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/fwd\/\">WS Fort Worth.<\/a> A few scattered showers and storms will be back starting Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Heat index values will be up to 105 degrees for the rest of the week.<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DFWForecast100Days.png\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"818\" title=\"DFWForecast100Days.png\" alt=\"The forecast for July 9-13 in Dallas-Fort Worth. The area hit 100 degrees for the first time in 2026 on Tuesday, July 7.\"\/>                                                                                    The forecast for July 9-13 in Dallas-Fort Worth. The area hit 100 degrees for the first time in 2026 on Tuesday, July 7.                                                                                                                                                                        Courtesy of National Weather Service Fort Worth                                                                                              <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf0 In case you missed it: <\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/256889877\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/STAFF_Jake_Harris.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Jake Harris\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/256889877\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Harris<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Jake Harris is the Service Journalism Editor for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He has spent nearly 10 years working as a digital producer across newsrooms in Texas. He mainly writes about pop culture and local North Texas happenings and occasionally writes concert reviews.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jodi Tollleson, left, and Patti Newsome of Mineral Wells, Texas, cool down at Burger\u2019s Lake on Aug. 2,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-365693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365693","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=365693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}