On July 22, 2016, DFW Airport records its first 100°F temperature of the 2016 summer season. The average first day for triple digit heat is usually around July 1st. The above normal precipitation, both year-to-date and since last year, has kept soils moist and greenery unusually lush well into July. In conjunction with strong summer ridging, which has largely been centered in the desert southwest part of the CONUS this summer, has prevented temperatures from being too terribly hot by Texas standards. We may again flirt with the century mark today, but temperatures will be coming down as the ridge retrogrades back west from troughiness diving into the northern part of the country. This will allow some rain chances to creep back into our forecast next week and temperatures should stay below the century mark for much of next week.