Is Wichita Falls Extra Hot Due To A Heat Dome or Bad Luck?

Interesting article in this Saturday morning's Wichita Falls Times News Record about The Falls leading in the heat marathon.

Apparently I am living in the HOTTEST town around.

One big benefit of it being so HOT for so many days, with no rain, is the humidity has dropped, making it feel less HOT.

But, something about this ongoing heatwave has caused a plague of crickets to invade interior spaces. That plague seems to have abated in the last couple days. I currently hear no crickets chirping.

The Times New Record article about the current overly HOT situation in Wichita Falls in its entirety...

The Falls leading in the heat marathon

What is it about Wichita Falls? A heat dome? Secret government experiment? Aliens? Bad luck?

Whatever it is, the city holds the dubious distinction of being the hottest town among its neighbors this summer.

The National Weather Service in Norman, Okla. -- whose territory includes a big chuck of North Texas – looked at the records and found some interesting figures.

Oklahoma City, which is about 110 miles from the Falls as the crow flies (if crows fly in this heat), has had just one day this summer where the temperature hit 100 degrees.

One.

A little farther south where it might be expected things would be hotter, the weather service for Dallas-Fort Worth reports 19 days of 100 degrees or more.

Wichita Falls?

Standing at 24 days on Friday -- and counting. Three of those days reached 110 degrees.

Wichita Falls typically gets 32-33 days per year where the daytime high hits or passes 100 degrees. The last day for triple-digit highs on average is Sept. 6, although 100-plus heat has been known to go into middle October.

That means Wichitans likely have another five or six weeks of hot weather ahead.

The NWS predicts 106 to 108 highs here for the next week.

DFW and OKC may be bigger, but when it comes to heat, the Falls can’t be beat.