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Texas has been baking in record heat since the weekend, and the rest of the week will be no exception. Record highs are expected Thursday from Roswell, New Mexico, to Galveston, Texas, forecasts show.
Summer heat scorched Texas and the Southwest on Wednesday, pushing Phoenix to nearly 90 consecutive days of triple-digit temperatures and putting millions of people under excessive heat warnings.
An excessive heat warning is a notice issued by the National Weather Service of the United States within 12 hours of the heat index reaching one of two criteria levels. In most areas, a warning will be issued if there is a heat index of at least 105 °F (41 °C) for more than three hours per day for two consecutive days, or if the heat index is greater than 115 °F (46 °C) for any period of time.
Scorching heat blamed for at least 13 deaths in Texas and another in Louisiana blanketed more of the Southeast on Wednesday, stretching government warnings of dangerous, triple-digit temperatures ...
An excessive heat watch is a notice issued by the National Weather Service of the United States when the high temperatures reach anywhere within the range of 95 °F (35 °C) and 100 °F (38 °C) in the continental US.
Beginning in March 2024, severe heat waves impacted Mexico, the Southern and Western United States, and Central America, leading to dozens of broken temperature records, [1] mass deaths of animals from several threatened species, water shortages requiring rationing, [2] increased forest fires, and over 155 deaths in Mexico with 2,567 people suffering from heat-related ailments. [3]
McAllen, Texas, has endured 19 days in a row of high temperatures at or above 100 through Saturday.There have been more than a dozen days with highs at or above 100 in San Antonio since mid-June ...
In the U.S., more than 107 million people from the Great Lakes south to Texas and Louisiana could find themselves part of an “extreme heat belt” in the decades ahead.