Heavy Rain From the Central Plains to the Mid-Atlantic; Heat Wave Begins This Weekend

Strong to severe thunderstorms and heavy rain will impact portions of the central Plains into the Upper Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic through the weekend. A stretch of unusually hot and humid weather is expected across portions of the central U.S. and the Southeast beginning this weekend and continuing through next week. The heat may reach dangerous levels, particularly mid to late next week. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 11:10:40 am CDT

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Heat Outlook: July 27-Aug 2

Did you know that heat is the leading weather-related killer in the US? With a heat wave dominating the forecast this week, be sure to watch for symptoms of heat exhaustion or heat stroke.

A Heat Advisory is in effect for Sunday from 1 PM to 7 PM across portions of northern, central, and southern Oklahoma, along with portions of western north Texas. Temperatures will be in the upper 90s to lower triple digits with heat indices of up to 105 to 110 degrees.

7-Day Forecast for Oklahoma and western north Texas.

Above-normal temperatures are likely as we head into the last few days of July and into the beginning of August.

Local Weather History For July 20th...

The summer of 2011 brought brutal heat and exceptional drought to
Oklahoma and western north Texas. The average temperature during the
month of July at Oklahoma City was 89.3 degrees which is 7.2 degrees
above average. This makes July 2011 the warmest of any months, since
temperature records began in the early 1890s.

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