Heat advisory continues in North Texas
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Expect partly cloudy skies with the high temperature reaching the mid-90s and winds from the south gusting up to 20 mph.
Current extreme heat streaks are a period of three or more consecutive days where the maximum temperature reflects the hottest 10% of the daily maximum temperature recorded in a location from 1991 to 2020. This 30-year time period provides the last set of daily normal high temperatures.
According to a news release from Dallas County Health and Human Services, the man was in his 60s and had preexisting medical conditions.
With temperatures creeping up to 100 degrees, Sherman Medical Center’s Dr. James Frame says the signs of dehydration can be deceiving.
The extreme heat and pollution is also worsening air quality, triggering air quality alerts for New York and parts of the upper Midwest.
We can measure the extreme Texas heat in multiple ways, but two new metrics are helping high schools develop a hot weather protocol for athletes.
Despite an increased likelihood of evading triple digits, the end of the week has still been noticeably hotter than the start, resulting in a heat advisory Thursday and Friday until 9 p.m. The heat index could reach up to 107 degrees in some parts of North Texas, making the risk of heat-related illness even more severe.
A sunny, hot, and humid weekend is ahead for Jacksonville, with heat index values soaring in triple digits. When will temperatures reach their peak?