Hot enough for ya? Dallas-Fort Worth metro area sets record for most 100-degree days in September

Graphic and headline:  Denton Record-Chronicle, 9/142026

Alexsis Jones reports for KERA news:

Sunday’s high of 103 degrees marked the 12th triple-digit day of September in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, setting a record for the most 100-degree days ever recorded in the month of September. [emphasis added]

More triple-digit temperatures and daily high records are possible this week as above-normal temperatures persist under mostly sunny skies, according to Sarah Barnes, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

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