Excessive Heat — Rains, Texas

2022-07-07 to 2022-07-09 · Rains, Texas

Event narrative

The summer heat increased to Excessive Heat criteria with ambient temperatures near or above 105 degrees and/or heat index values near or above 110 degrees.

Wider weather episode

An exceptionally hot summer really got going during the early to middle part of July as triple digit heat became the norm. Most of the region reached Heat Advisory criteria, and a good portion of the area met or exceeded Excessive Heat criteria at some point during this July stretch of hot weather.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1049893. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.