October Heat Wave in California; Tropical Cyclone Possible in the Gulf

Much higher than typical October temperatures will continue across coastal southern California up through the Bay Area and Central Valley through midweek resulting in result in Major to Extreme HeatRisk. A tropical depression is likely to form over the Gulf of America during the middle part of this week with further strengthening possible as it moves northeastward later this week. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Mon, Oct 5, 2026 at 8:28:18 pm CDT

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Today's Records and Climate Data

A developing low over the southwestern Gulf has a high probability of organizing into a tropical system later this week and potentially impacting portions of the U.S. Gulf Coast. Please continue to monitor for further updates.

Dry conditions will continue across the ArkLaTex for the next few days. Temperatures will climb from morning lows in the upper 50s north and lower 60s south at daybreak to highs in the upper 80s and lower 90s by midafternoon.

If you saw rain last week thru the weekend, then consider yourself lucky as portions of Northern Louisiana and Southern Arkansas mostly missed out. While their may be some minor improvement to the Flash Drought conditions across Northeast Texas, Southeast Oklahoma and extreme Southwest Arkansas and Northwest Louisiana, much of Northern Louisiana and South Central Arkansas will not see any improvement.

Here are today's climate records for selected sites across our Four-State area.

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Current Weather Observations...

Location	Time (CDT)	Weather	Vsby. (SM)	Temp. (ºF)	Dewpt. (ºF)	Hum. (%)	Wind (mph)	Wind Chill / Heat Index (ºF)	Pres. (in)
De Queen AR	19:53	Clear	10	69	54	58	CALM	-	30.06
El Dorado AR	19:53	Clear	10	75	47	36	NNE 6	-	30.05
Henderson TX	19:55	Clear	10	75	54	47	NNE 3	-	30.04
Idabel OK	19:55	Mostly Clear	9	71	51	49	NNE 6	-	30.08
Longview TX	19:53	Clear	10	73	51	46	N 5	-	30.04
Lufkin TX	19:53	Clear	10	79	66	64	NE 3	-	30.02
Monroe LA	19:53	Clear	10	76	48	37	N 5	-	30.03
Mount Pleasant TX	Old	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	N/A
Nacogdoches TX	19:56	Clear		74	67	78	CALM	-	30.04
Natchitoches LA	19:55	Partly Cloudy	10	80	64	58	CALM	-	30.01
Shreveport LA (Regional Airport)	18:56	Mostly Clear	10	82	50	32	N 6	-	30.02
Shreveport LA (Downtown Airport)	19:53	Clear	10	72	57	59	CALM	-	30.04
Texarkana AR	19:53	Clear	10	75	49	39	NE 3	-	30.06
Tyler TX	19:53	Clear	10	76	49	38	E 3	-	30.07


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October Heat Wave in California; Tropical Cyclone Possible in the Gulf

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