North Texas has stayed just below 100 degrees so far this summer, thanks to high humidity. But forecasters say hotter-than-normal temperatures are likely as August approaches.

Thursday is another sunny one with slightly warmer temperatures and high temperatures topping out near 97 degrees in Dallas-Fort Worth. If temperatures hit 97 degrees today, that will only be the second time this year it has been so hot. "Feels-like" temperatures will once again reach into the 100s.

North Texas could see its hottest temperature of the year on Thursday, July 17, although that doesn't mean the heat index will be much higher. An upper-level ridge in the Southern Plains will help high pressure "dominate" across the Metroplex on Thursday,