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July 16 - July 30

Thu 7/16

98° /71°
25%
Hazy, very hot and less humid; caution advised if outside for extended periods of time
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11:00 AM Thursday - 8:00 PM Thursday

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Air Quality Alert

4:47 PM Tuesday - 12:00 AM Friday

RealFeel®108°

RealFeel Shade™97°

Max UV Index11.0 (Extreme)

WindWNW 7 mph

Fri 7/17

94° /75°
1%
Hazy sunshine and hot with low humidity; caution advised if doing strenuous activities outside

RealFeel®100°

RealFeel Shade™92°

Max UV Index11.0 (Extreme)

WindNNW 6 mph

Sat 7/18

89° /74°
80%
Cloudy and uncomfortably humid; a heavy thunderstorm around in the afternoon; storms can bring flooding downpours and localized damaging wind gusts

RealFeel®98°

RealFeel Shade™95°

Max UV Index3.0 (Moderate)

WindSSW 8 mph

Hours of Precipitation1

Hours of Rain1

Sun 7/19

88° /64°
88%
Times of sun and clouds with a couple of showers and a thunderstorm

RealFeel®96°

RealFeel Shade™90°

Max UV Index11.0 (Extreme)

WindNNW 8 mph

Hours of Precipitation3.5

Hours of Rain3.5

Mon 7/20

88° /71°
30%
Partly sunny with a thunderstorm possible in the afternoon

RealFeel®95°

RealFeel Shade™87°

Max UV Index9.0 (Very High)

WindESE 7 mph

Tue 7/21

86° /71°
84%
Humid with intervals of clouds and sunshine; a couple of morning showers, watch for a strong thunderstorm in the afternoon

RealFeel®98°

RealFeel Shade™89°

Max UV Index9.0 (Very High)

WindSSW 8 mph

Hours of Precipitation2

Hours of Rain2

Wed 7/22

86° /65°
55%
Intervals of bright sunshine with a thunderstorm in spots in the afternoon

RealFeel®88°

RealFeel Shade™83°

Max UV Index7.0 (High)

WindW 7 mph

Hours of Precipitation1

Hours of Rain1

Thu 7/23

84° /67°
0%
Less humid with plenty of sun

RealFeel®87°

RealFeel Shade™81°

Max UV Index10.0 (Very High)

WindWNW 7 mph

Fri 7/24

82° /66°
0%
Sun giving way to increasing clouds

RealFeel®92°

RealFeel Shade™81°

Max UV Index10.0 (Very High)

WindENE 2 mph

Sat 7/25

83° /66°
57%
Mostly cloudy with a bit of rain in the afternoon

RealFeel®86°

RealFeel Shade™81°

Max UV Index10.0 (Very High)

WindS 7 mph

Hours of Precipitation1

Hours of Rain1

Sun 7/26

85° /68°
3%
Increasing cloudiness and uncomfortably humid

RealFeel®101°

RealFeel Shade™93°

Max UV Index10.0 (Very High)

WindW 2 mph

Mon 7/27

84° /69°
62%
Mostly cloudy; a couple of thunderstorms in the morning followed by a little rain in the afternoon

RealFeel®89°

RealFeel Shade™83°

Max UV Index10.0 (Very High)

WindWNW 5 mph

Hours of Precipitation2

Hours of Rain2

Tue 7/28

86° /68°
61%
Periods of rain

RealFeel®90°

RealFeel Shade™85°

Max UV Index7.0 (High)

WindWSW 1 mph

Hours of Precipitation3

Hours of Rain3

Wed 7/29

85° /66°
5%
Plenty of sunshine

RealFeel®88°

RealFeel Shade™83°

Max UV Index10.0 (Very High)

WindNW 9 mph

Thu 7/30

82° /70°
64%
Mostly cloudy with a couple of showers and a thunderstorm in the afternoon

RealFeel®85°

RealFeel Shade™83°

Max UV Index5.0 (Moderate)

WindSE 5 mph

Hours of Precipitation1

Hours of Rain1

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