The forecast this week has San Marcos in double digit temperature mode, bringing a heath risk to humans and pets– signaling the need for keeping indoors as much as possible and drinking fluids.
Hay County officials noted that the heat became a primary concern for residents starting on June 15, with forecasted temperatures today at 101, peaking to a high sometime Tuesday of 106, according to meteorologist Eric Platt of the the National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio.
He said this is well above normal heat for this time of year. “We’ve got high pressure parked over us,” accounting for the heat wave, Platt said.
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