{"id":380769,"date":"2026-07-21T10:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T10:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/380769\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T10:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T10:47:11","slug":"dallas-weather-extreme-heat-could-push-heat-index-as-high-as-115","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/380769\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas weather: Extreme heat could push heat index as high as 115"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>North Texas will be gripped by extreme\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/weather\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">heat<\/a> through the remainder of the week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service\u2019s Fort Worth office is anticipating that dangerous heat will bake the region for the foreseeable future, keeping temperatures in the triple digits and raising the &#8220;feels like&#8221; as high as 115.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The weather service issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/weather\/2025\/07\/24\/whats-the-criteria-for-heat-advisories-and-extreme-heat-warnings-in-north-texas\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">heat advisory<\/a> Monday, currently set to expire at 8 p.m. Tuesday, but the advisory is reportedly likely to continue throughout the week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s high is forecast by the weather service to be 104 degrees, with a heat index, or \u201cfeels like\u201d temperature, of 109.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures will climb further Wednesday to as high as 106 degrees, according to the weather service, with a heat index of up to 115.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Triple-digit heat is set to close out the week, with Thursday\u2019s high forecast for 102 degrees, Friday\u2019s for 103 degrees and Saturday\u2019s 101 degrees.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dangerous heat is set to be accompanied by near-zero precipitation chances, sunny skies and a light breeze, according to the weather service. Humidity will remain moderate throughout the week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Heat exhaustion is characterized by dehydration, thirst, sweating, nausea and weakness, according to the CDC. Should you exhibit these symptoms, the CDC recommends moving to a cool area and drinking water before seeking medical attention if symptoms do not improve.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Heat stroke is deadly and warrants calling 911 immediately, according to the CDC. Symptoms of heat stroke are confusion, dizziness and becoming unconscious.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the weather service, 104 degrees was the hottest temperature recorded in Dallas-Fort Worth last summer. In 2024, temperatures reached 107 degrees.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>WEDNESDAY: Sunny and hot. Low: 82. High: 104. Wind: NE 5-10 mph.<\/p>\n<p>THURSDAY: Sunny and hot. Low: 83. High: 102. Wind: E 10-15 mph.<\/p>\n<p>FRIDAY: Mostly sunny and hot. Low: 82. High: 101. Wind: S 10-15 mph.<\/p>\n<p>SATURDAY: Partly cloudy and hot. Low: 81. High: 99. Wind: S 10-15 mph.<\/p>\n<p>SUNDAY: Partly cloudy and hot. Low: 81. High: 99. Wind: S 10-15 mph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North Texas will be gripped by extreme\u00a0heat through the remainder of the week.\u00a0 The National Weather Service\u2019s Fort&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,3205,17921,88031,88032,88030,87998],"class_list":["post-380769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-heat","tag-service","tag-tp-daily-weather-forecast","tag-tp-dallas-fortworth","tag-tp-weather","tag-tp-dallas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380769","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=380769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}