The bicentennial summer was a scorcher, but how does 2024 compare?
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Actually, don't stop reading if you want some hard data to back up what your sweat-soaked, searing flesh is telling you. According to a recent report from, the last half century or so has seen steady growth in the number of"extreme heat" days in the city — days in which the high temperature hit 95 degrees or hotter. In 1976, Dallas sweated through 46 days of extreme heat. Last year, that number was 72, an increase of 26 days.
Through Aug. 23 this year, Dallas has hit or exceeded 95 degrees on 55 days at Love Field, according to. Are we likely to match or top last year's 72 days of extreme heat? Well, things are not looking good . The mostexpect to be singing"Over the River Through the Woods" on Thanksgiving Day, but it'd be nice someday to sit down to a turkey dinner wearing something other than board shorts and sandals. Or at least we could ask our uncle to put on a damn shirt.
"Austin went from less than three weeks to more than 12, while Houston went from just over one week to more than seven."
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