Dallas weather: Temperatures hit 107 on Thursday, breaking record-high
Dallas weather: August 24 evening forecast
FOX 4 meteorologist Dan Henry talks about Thursday's record heat and a chance for relief early next week.
Another heat record fell in North Texas on Thursday.
Temperatures reached 107 degrees at DFW Airport setting a new record-high for August 24.
The previous high was 106 degrees, which was set in 2011.
It is the 8th record-high that we have set just this month!
More records are expected to fall over the next few days.
High temperatures are expected to be 106 or higher through the weekend, before hopefully falling in to the high 90s early next week.
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The record for both Friday and Saturday is 106 degrees, and the record on Sunday is 107, which was set in 1901.
The next record could fall on Friday when temperatures are expected to reach 108 degrees.
Fortunately, temperatures are expected to stay in the 90s for much of next week.
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In addition to the heat, we haven't seen rain in a long time.
There has been 39 straight days without measurable rain at DFW Airport.
Rain falls in Forney
Believe it or not, some North Texans finally saw some rain on Thursday, August 24. There has been no measurable rain at DFW Airport in 39 days.
Some isolated showers were seen in Forney on Thursday evening, but much of the Metroplex was left dry.
There is a shot at some more storms early next week.
There is a 20% chance of rain on Sunday and Monday.
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Grand Prairie is restricting water use because of a strain on the supply in the extreme heat.
We will have to wait and see if it will break our streak.