Overview

• Dallas-Fort Worth hit 101 degrees on Thursday at DFW Airport, the seventh 100-degree day of 2025 and roughly 10 degrees above normal.
• Meteorologists tied the late-week heat to westerly winds, abundant sunshine and very dry air.
• Friday’s forecast calls for highs in the low to mid-90s with a roughly 30% chance of storms, strongest north of DFW, with potential 50–60 mph winds and small hail.
• A cooler weekend is expected with morning temperatures in the 60s to 70s, highs in the low 80s, and scattered showers early Saturday tapering with higher rain chances west and south on Sunday.
• An air quality alert was in place Thursday for sensitive groups, and several other Texas cities including Mineral Wells, Abilene and Austin also reached triple digits.