{"id":416237,"date":"2026-08-25T12:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T12:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/416237\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T12:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T12:58:10","slug":"extreme-heat-amid-wildfire-threat-in-north-texas-temperature-to-drop-a-few-degrees-in-upcoming-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/416237\/","title":{"rendered":"Extreme heat amid wildfire threat in North Texas; temperature to drop a few degrees in upcoming days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since Saturday, DFW has seen record-breaking heat. Temperatures reached 109\u00b0 on Monday, with DFW hitting 109\u00b0, making it one of the hottest days since 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday is a First Alert Weather Day due to an extreme heat warning. Temperatures could reach up to 109 degrees by the afternoon; DFW&#8217;s high is expected to get up to 105 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787662689_769_weather-1.png#.png\" alt=\"weather-1.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A few showers and storms are possible Tuesday morning due to a shortwave. Eastern counties have a chance of rain until the early afternoon; most will stay dry. <\/p>\n<p>Winds from the southwest gusting up to 20 mph will increase the grass fire threat for residents west of I-35. Please avoid any activities that may cause a spark or a flame. <\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787662690_307_weather-2.png#.png\" alt=\"weather-2.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, a front will sag southward into North Texas, which may spark up a few showers through Thursday morning. Not everyone will see rainfall, just a few lucky locations. This will lead to afternoon temperatures dipping a few degrees cooler than the last several days.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787662690_519_weather-3.png#.png\" alt=\"weather-3.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Since Saturday, DFW has seen record-breaking heat. Temperatures reached 109\u00b0 on Monday, with DFW hitting 109\u00b0, making it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416238,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[581,18616,3205,122,27,29,28,443],"class_list":["post-416237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-dallas-county","tag-grass-fire","tag-heat","tag-tarrant-county","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-weather-forecast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416237","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=416237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}