Excessive Heat — Houston, Texas

2023-07-31 · Houston, Texas

Event narrative

Period of extremely hot weather, within a long period of at least Heat Advisory conditions. In StormData periods of conditions reaching Excessive Heat Warning levels are recorded.

Wider weather episode

A second period of temperatures reaching warning criteria began on July 31 and continued into August. Excessive Heat Warnings are issued for maximum heat index values of 113F or above or maximum temperatures of 105 or above.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1127195. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.