It's Official
First 100 degree day of the year for the area, per our official reporting station! I'm about 30 miles west of there. The nearest station to me, the NAS, hit 100 on Tuesday the 25th and 101 yesterday. So far today we're at 102, and relative humidity is fairly high (20-30%), so the heat index was 106 at 4 PM.
I understand that in the desert, where it gets much hotter, the heat index is actually lower than the air temperature. North Texas isn't the Steamy South, but I've never in my life seen a local heat index lower than the actual temp.
We had a long, cool spring that may have lead some into believing we would have a mild summer. But instead, when it heated up it did it fast - and those widely-differing air masses lead directly to the bad tornado season we've had this year. And we're right on track for a regular hot summer. The average first 100 degree day is June 30, so we're just a hair ahead.
(If you're curious, the record early date for 100 degrees was March 9, 1911, and the record late date was October 3, 1951. That one was 106 degrees.)
I understand that in the desert, where it gets much hotter, the heat index is actually lower than the air temperature. North Texas isn't the Steamy South, but I've never in my life seen a local heat index lower than the actual temp.
We had a long, cool spring that may have lead some into believing we would have a mild summer. But instead, when it heated up it did it fast - and those widely-differing air masses lead directly to the bad tornado season we've had this year. And we're right on track for a regular hot summer. The average first 100 degree day is June 30, so we're just a hair ahead.
(If you're curious, the record early date for 100 degrees was March 9, 1911, and the record late date was October 3, 1951. That one was 106 degrees.)