Event narrative (NOAA)
Triple digit temperatures were recorded nearly every day during the month of July. A 4-year old died inside a vehicle on the 11th. Temperatures on this day were at or slightly above 100 degrees. A heat advisory was in effect from the 11th through the 18th, and then again from the 23rd through the 31st.
Other notable heat events in Texas
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.