{"id":381350,"date":"2026-07-21T19:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T19:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/381350\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T19:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T19:54:15","slug":"houston-and-southeast-texas-region-face-dangerously-high-heat-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/381350\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston and Southeast Texas region face dangerously high heat \u2013 Houston Public Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

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National Weather Service<\/p>\n

Pictured is a heat graphic issued by the National Weather Service on July 20, 2026.<\/p>\n

The Houston region faces triple-digit temperatures Tuesday and Wednesday, when the heat could be dangerous to those who spend time outdoors.<\/p>\n

A heat advisory took effect late Tuesday morning and will last until 8 p.m., according to the National Weather Service<\/a>, which forecasts a high temperature of 100 degrees in Houston. The advisory impacts the entir Southeast Texas region, including Harris, Fort Bend, Galveston and Montgomery counties.<\/p>\n

The weather service issues a heat advisory<\/a> when the heat index, or “feel-like” temperature, is expected to reach between 105 to 109 degrees. The advisory alerts the public to the increased risk of heat-related illnesses like heat exhaustion or heat stroke.<\/p>\n

Even hotter temperatures are forecasted for Wednesday, when the expected high is 104 degrees with heat indices in the 110-115 range. The region will be under an extreme heat warning from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday, meaning dangerous heat is expected. <\/p>\n

“Take extra precautions when outside and make sure to wear lightweight and loose fitting clothes,” said Janice Maldonado, a meteorologist for the weather service’s Houston\/Galveston office. “Try to limit heavy activities to early in the morning or in the evening hours.”<\/p>\n

The weather service advises to stay hydrated along with staying in air-conditioning and out of the sun if possible.<\/p>\n

The weather service said in a forecast bulletin<\/a> that temperatures during the latter half of the week will depend on the evolution of Tropical Storm Bertha<\/a>, which formed Monday in the northeastern Gulf and was moving slowly to the west. As of Tuesday afternoon, the storm was not expected to have significant impacts on Southeast Texas.<\/p>\n

“We may eke out a couple showers or storms Wednesday and Thursday afternoons as a weak backdoor front moves into the area, but chances are rather low,” Maldonado said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"National Weather Service Pictured is a heat graphic issued by the National Weather Service on July 20, 2026.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[134660,12276,12278,56,12073,66,1971,14886,223,2255,27,29,28,172],"class_list":["post-381350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-extreme-heat-warning","tag-heat-advisory","tag-heat-index","tag-houston","tag-houston-heat","tag-local","tag-national-weather-service","tag-national-weather-service-houston-galveston","tag-news","tag-southeast-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381350","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=381350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}