North Texas hits 100

After temperatures stalled at 99 degrees on six of the last eight days, the first official 100-degree day was registered at 4 p.m. Sunday at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport.

That should come as no surprise to anyone who was outside Sunday afternoon.

More triple-digit temperatures are in the forecast for the next few days, but a cool front is expected to creep into North Texas on Friday, accompanied by a slight chance of rain.

“We are going to be in the 99s-100s range at least through Thursday,” said meteorologist Dennis Cain with the National Weather Service in Fort Worth.

Here’s a look at some 100-degree facts for North Texas:

June 30 - average first date

July 13 - first date last year

March 9, 1911 - earliest occurrence

71 - most days in a year (2011)

42 - most consecutive days (June 23-Aug. 3, 1980)

31 - most days in a month (July 1980)

15 - days in 2014

0 - fewest days in a year (1973, 1906)

This story was originally published July 26, 2015 at 4:31 PM with the headline "North Texas hits 100."