HOUSTON – Record-Breaking Temps: 🥵If you’re into warm weather, this weekend’s forecast has you singing Tim McGraw’s “I Like It, I Love It, I Want Some More of It!” Especially if you’re hitting the rodeo tonight to see him in concert tonight...

WATCH YOUR FULL FORECAST HERE:

But that classic line from that song—“Spent 48 dollars (1995) at the county fair, I threw out my shoulder, but I won that teddy bear”? Inflation’s turned that into about $102–$103 today according to U.S. CPI data.

Listening to you: You won’t have to pay that much if you have good aim! C Dennis wrote after watching the video. However, according to the folks at Reader’s Digest the probability of winning on the first try is typically very low- often 1-10% or less per attempt.

From teddy bears to the rodeo: What’s the price?

A family of 4 can easily drop $70–$100 to get in the gates. I was actually curious how much admission was when the rodeo first opened, and I came across a KPRC article from 2022 that says in 1932 the first show, held in Sam Houston Hall, lured some 2,000 attendees with free barbecue and impromptu rough-and-ready rodeos. However, the week-long event lost $2,800. Fast forward to 2025, and the rodeo set an all-time high for attendance: 2,735,695, generating $238,769,069 in operating revenue.

As our temperatures heat up on our last weekend of the rodeo:

We’re tracking a real shot at record-breaking highs today. The current record is 87 in 1907. But hold onto those cowboy hats - wind gusts are expected to ramp up to 15-20 mph this afternoon into the evening.

Why? A heat dome over the West is pushing this record heat our way—spots near Phoenix hit 105–109 yesterday, shattering March records, with more heat on the way today for them and us!

And an easy way to understand a heat dome is to think about a pot on your stove in your kitchen:

WATCH: Why A HEAT dome feels like a pot boiling under a lid. 🥵

1. The pot is like the Earth’s surface: A heat dome acts like a lid, trapping the hot air beneath it.

2. Trapped heat can’t escape: Just as a lid prevents steam from rising out of the pot, the heat dome blocks the hot air from rising or cooling off.

3. No cooling down: Normally, hot air rises, or winds bring cooler air to regulate temperatures. But the heat dome stops the process, like a pot left on the stove with no way to cool down. Under this “pot,” it gets really hot and stays hot, causing a heatwave

So what does that mean for us this week?

We’ll be above average,75, for the next 5 days. We’ll continue to track the chance for record-breaking heat today and above average temperatures this week and no real chance for rain.

💧So don’t forget to hydrate, hydrate, hydrate! And as Mario Diaz said today at the end of the 6 a.m. newscast—“Always stay humble and kind”—and I agree: “When the dreams you’re dreamin’ come to you, when the work you put in is realized, let yourself feel the pride but always stay humble and kind.”

And if you’re still reading - thank you for your trust and your time! Enjoy the rodeo today.

Brittany