Another day, another battle with 100-degree temperatures.
After suffering through a record-setting 109 degrees for August 17, 18, and 20, Dallas-Fort Worth was moving toward a record-setting high of 106 degrees for August 21, the National Weather Service (NWS) said.
“It looks like we are tracking for 106 as the high on Monday,” meteorologist Monique Sellers said at 1:30 p.m. Monday. “That would be an all-time record [for the date].”
It was 101 degrees as she was interviewing with The Dallas Express.
“We’re going to need a pattern change to break from the heat,” Sellers said. “There is nothing on the horizon that’s going to keep us from reaching 100 degrees.”
The August 21 record was 105 in 1948, Sellers said.
DFW has had 40 official 100-degree days so far in 2023. Monday’s 100-degree reading will make it 41. But that’s no match for 1980 and 2011, Sellers said.
“2011 was the record year, where we had 71 days with 100 degrees,” Sellers said. “As of yesterday, we were running at 40 days for this year. We had 69 in 1980.”
The NWS issued an excessive heat warning for all of North Texas through 9 p.m. Monday.
“Day by day, we have needed to extend it, the heat warning,” Sellers said. “When we have temperatures above 105 — or a heat index of 105 — we issue an excessive heat warning.”
Here’s the forecast for the rest of the week, according to the NWS:
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny and hot. High: 105. Low: 82.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny and hot. High: 105. Low 85.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny and hot. High: 106. Low: 85.
- Friday: Sunny and hot. High: 108. Low: 84.
- Saturday: Sunny and hot. High: 107. Low: 82.
NWS meteorologist Tom Bradshaw told the Associated Press: “There really is no relief in sight, there is some hint by the end of August, maybe Labor Day, high temperatures will begin to fall below 100. It’s possible to see 100-degree-plus temperatures through the first half of September, at least off and on.”