{"id":411805,"date":"2026-08-20T11:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T11:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/411805\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T11:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T11:50:10","slug":"dallas-weather-brutal-heat-continues-thursday-as-temps-near-106","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/411805\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas weather: Brutal heat continues Thursday as temps near 106"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dallas-Fort Worth&#8217;s stifling\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/weather\/\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">heat<\/a> will continue Thursday across the region, with temperatures expected to top out near 106 degrees.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s high will be 106 degrees, with a low of 81 degrees, according to the weather service. The heat index, or \u201cfeels like\u201d temperature, is expected to near 108 degrees in North Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures will be their highest around 4 p.m., according to the weather service. Thursday\u2019s evening temperatures are expected to remain high, with temperatures in the low 90s expected into the early morning hours Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some northern counties in D-FW may see storms Thursday afternoon and evening, with gusty winds and lightning as the main storm threats, according to the weather service.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Concerns about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/weather\/article\/north-texas-wildfire-risk-persists-week-amid-hot-22391299.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wildfires<\/a> remain due to the ongoing heat and low relative humidity. However, wind speeds, which can also contribute to wildfires starting, are expected to remain relatively light at 10-15 mph.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend\u2019s forecast is still dry for now, but the weather service said in its Wednesday afternoon forecast to keep any eye out for changes, as there is a slight chance of precipitation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>THURSDAY: Abundant sunshine, hot. High: 104. Wind: S 10-15 mph.<\/p>\n<p>FRIDAY: Blazing sun, hot. Low: 81. High: 105. Wind: S 10-15 mph.<\/p>\n<p>SATURDAY: Plenty of sunshine, hot. Low: 80. High: 105. Wind: S 10-15 mph.<\/p>\n<p>SUNDAY: Mostly sunny and hot. Low: 81. High: 104. Wind: S 10-15 mph.<\/p>\n<p>MONDAY: Hot with sunshine. Low: 80. High: 104. Wind: S 10-15 mph.<\/p>\n<p>TUESDAY: Abundant sunshine, hot. Low: 80. High: 103. Wind: S 10-15 mph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas-Fort Worth&#8217;s stifling\u00a0heat will continue Thursday across the region, with temperatures expected to top out near 106 degrees.\u00a0&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117,88395,1971,58240,17921,88031,88032,88030,172],"class_list":["post-411805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-hot-weather","tag-national-weather-service","tag-news-weather","tag-service","tag-tp-daily-weather-forecast","tag-tp-dallas-fortworth","tag-tp-weather","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411805","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=411805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}