{"id":390537,"date":"2026-07-29T13:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T13:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/390537\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T13:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T13:01:12","slug":"houston-weather-heat-wave-continues-wednesday-rain-chances-increase-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/390537\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston weather: Heat wave continues Wednesday, rain chances increase next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/zbm4rc4i2215q2yh.jpg\" alt=\"Houston weather: Heat wave sticks around Wednesday\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/zbm4rc4i2215q2yh.jpg\" alt=\"Houston weather: Heat wave sticks around Wednesday\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-6546b402=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; It&#8217;s going to be another extremely hot day with afternoon highs in the upper 90s.<\/p>\n<p>   Heat holds firm <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Another steamy afternoon is ahead with highs in the upper 90s. Most neighborhoods stay rain-free, but an isolated pop-up storm cannot be ruled out.<\/p>\n<p>  Temperatures flirt with 100 <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The hottest stretch continues through the weekend, with afternoon temperatures climbing into the upper 90s to near 100. Heat index values will remain well into the triple digits.<\/p>\n<p> A few more storms ahead <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Moisture begins to increase this weekend, bringing a slightly better chance for scattered afternoon storms through early next week. Rain coverage will remain limited, but a few neighborhoods could get temporary relief from the heat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Your Gulf Coast Weather Authority<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8211; It&#8217;s going to be another extremely hot day with afternoon highs in the upper 90s. Heat&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,172],"class_list":["post-390537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390537","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=390537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}