{"id":396485,"date":"2026-08-03T15:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/396485\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T15:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:31:11","slug":"houston-weather-summer-heat-continues-with-isolated-afternoon-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/396485\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston weather: Summer heat continues with isolated afternoon storms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tuuebv75plhc3lbp.jpg\" alt=\"Houston weather: Summer heat continues with isolated afternoon storms\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tuuebv75plhc3lbp.jpg\" alt=\"Houston weather: Summer heat continues with isolated afternoon storms\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-611a3d9b=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; High temperatures remain in the mid to upper 90s this week, with heat index values reaching the triple digits. Most neighborhoods stay rain-free each day, although an isolated afternoon shower or storm is possible.<\/p>\n<p>   Hazy skies and air quality concerns <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Light winds, sunshine and high temperatures could allow ozone pollution to build. Smoke drifting high above Southeast Texas may also create hazier skies, but most of it should remain aloft.<\/p>\n<p>  No major break from summer <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The extended outlook continues to favor above-normal temperatures across Southeast Texas. Occasional storms may provide brief relief, but widespread or lasting relief from the August heat is not expected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: The information in this article comes from the FOX 26 weather team.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/houston\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8211; High temperatures remain in the mid to upper 90s this week, with heat index values reaching&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,216,393,172],"class_list":["post-396485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-tx","tag-us","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396485","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=396485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}