HEAT WAVE BY THE NUMBERS...
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING THRU THURSDAY EVENING…
Just about all of North Texas is under an Excessive Heat Warning thru Thursday evening. The National Weather Service cannot find the last time we were under such a warning. As I don't think that particular type of warning was around in 1980. Dangerous temperatures above 105 can be expected each and every day this week. Today we reached 107 at DFW.
RECORD HIGHS EXPECTED TO BE BROKEN...
We broke a record today at DFW with a high of 107! That breaks the old record of 106 set in 1998. Tomorrow thru Friday though my forecast is for high temperatures that will break previous daytime highs.
HEAT WAVE BY THE NUMBERS… INCLUDES MONDAY'S INFORMATION
31 – Days in a Row of Triple Digit Heat (2nd Longest Streak Ever) there were 42 in a row in 1980.
38 – Days this Year of triple digit heat (Tied for 9th most in a Year). There were 69 one-hundred degree days in 1980
Worst Heat Wave since 2000…
When you look at number of days above 105, there were six days in a row with temperatures at or above 105. That was from Aug 30 thru Sept 4 in 1980. This stretch of weather will likely feature 7 days in a row. Here are the records for most consecutive days above 105.
MOST NUMBER OF DAYS IN A ROW AT OR ABOVE 105
RANK NUMBER OF DAYS DATES
1 11 7/08/1980 - 7/18/1980
2 10 6/24/1980 - 7/03/1980
3 6 8/30/2000 - 9/04/2000
4 6 8/14/1952 - 8/19/1952
5 6 8/13/1951 - 8/18/1951
6 5 8/04/1951 - 8/08/1951
7 4 7/31/1998 - 8/03/1998
8 4 7/10/1954 - 7/13/1954
9 4 8/31/1951 - 9/03/1951
10 4 8/31/1939 - 9/03/1939
LITTLE RELIEF IN SIGHT…
The big dome of high pressure over the central part of the country will move little the next week. There might be a little more moisture that heads our way early next week that may knock temps back into the 100 to 103 range by Monday, but no significant relief is in sight.
WATCHING THE TROPICS…
There is a very vigorous disturbance entering the Caribbean Sea that will likely become our next tropical system named "Emily". It has its aim on either Hispaniola or Cuba with a possible interaction with Florida as it turns north 5 days from now. Still a long way off, but this looks like it will have little chance to make a run for the western Gulf Coast.
