{"id":382650,"date":"2026-07-22T17:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/382650\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T17:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:36:10","slug":"heat-index-values-could-reach-116-degrees-in-north-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/382650\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat index values could reach 116 degrees in North Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fort Worth<\/p>\n<p>An extreme heat warning is in effect for North Texas through Wednesday, July 22, as heat index values could reach 116 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>The extreme heat warning will stick around until 8 p.m. Wednesday, at which time a heat advisory will go into effect through 8 p.m. Thursday, July 23, according to the<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/fwd\/\"> National Weather Service Fort Worth<\/a>. An extreme heat warning is issued when extremely dangerous heat conditions are expected, while a heat advisory is for when dangerous heat conditions are not expected to reach warning criteria.<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0820Summerheat-2.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"905\" title=\"0820Summerheat-2.jpg\" alt=\"A dog named Luzzy rests under a misting fan at Sundance Square in Fort Worth on July 20, 2026.\"\/>                                                                                    A dog named Luzzy rests under a misting fan at Sundance Square in Fort Worth on July 20, 2026.                                                                                            Elvis Martinez-Cartagena                                                                            FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s daily high is 105 degrees, and heat index values (or indices) could reach 116 degrees. Heat index is described as the \u201cfeels like\u201d temperature to the human body.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfac In case you missed it: <\/p>\n<p>Extreme heat will stick around through the rest of the week and into the weekend, with heat index values between 105 and 115 degrees each day.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at the daily highs over the next few days:<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, July 22- 105 degreesThursday, July 23- 100 degreesFriday, July 24- 101 degreesSaturday, July 25- 102 degreesSunday, July 26- 102 degrees<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published July 22, 2026 at 11:24 AM.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/259144728\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BraydenHeadshot.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Brayden Garcia\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/259144728\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brayden Garcia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Brayden Garcia is the entertainment reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where he mainly writes about how the film and TV industry impacts North Texas, from Taylor Sheridan shows to the Fort Worth Film Commission and everything in between.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fort Worth An extreme heat warning is in effect for North Texas through Wednesday, July 22, as heat&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-382650","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\/382650","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=382650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}