Extreme heat advisory issued for Raleigh/Durham area Emergency Information 07/26/2025 11:57 PM (PDT) Research Triangle Park, Durham, NCRandolph and Vance heat advisory remains in effect until 8 p.m. Monday. What's heat index values up to 108? Ware, Anton, Davidson, Forsy, Grimville, Guildford, Montgomery, Persson, Randolph, Stanley, and Vance counties. When, until 8 p.m. Monday. Impacts, hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses. Drink plenty of fluids. Stay in an air-conditioned room. Stay out of the sun and check on relatives and neighbors. Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose-fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion or eat stroke. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the occupational safety and health administration recommend scheduling frequent rest breaks and shaded or air-condition environments. Anyone overcome my heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location. Heat stroke is an emergency. Call 911. The air quality forecast for Sunday in Orange County is 53, or code yellow. Air quality is a concern for people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution with the primary pollutant of small particulate. This is NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards Station WXL 58, operating on frequency 162.55 megahertz. This program originates from the National Weather Service in Raleigh and is transmitted from an antenna located on the UNCTV Tower, via Chapel Hill. The station serves the northeast Piedmont of North Carolina. Here is the latest weather synopsis. Highly anomalous and strong high pressure a loft will persist over the southeast through midweek and result in a prolonged heat wave over the region. Here is the latest National Weather Service forecast for Raleigh and vicinity. Extreme heat warning in effect until 8 p.m. Monday. West with tonight, mostly clear. Near steady temperature in the upper 70s. Light and variable winds. Sunday, mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot, with highs in the upper 90s. Light and variable winds, becoming northwest around 5 miles per hour in the afternoon. Chance of rain 20%. Heat index values up to 115. Sunday night, mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 70s. Southwest winds surround 5 miles per hour in the evening, becoming light and variable. Chance of rain 20%. Monday, sunny in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Northwest winds around 5 miles per hour. Chance of rain 40%. Heat index values up to 112. Monday night, partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid-70s. North winds surround 5 miles per hour in the evening, becoming light and variable. Chance of rain 40%. Tuesday and Tuesday night, partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid-nights. Lows in the mid-70s. Chance of rain 20%. Wednesday and Wednesday night, partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Hot. Highs in the upper 90s. Lows in the mid-70s. Chance of rain 30%. Thursday, partly sunny. Showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Hot, with highs in the mid-nights. Chance of rain 60%. Heat index values up to 110. Thursday night, showers likely. Thunderstorms likely, mainly in the evening. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 60%. Friday and Friday night, mostly cloudy with showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid-80s. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 70%. Saturday, partly sunny with a chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 40%. Here are the 2am observations for the Northeast Piedmont. At the Raleigh-Durham Airport, it was partly cloudy. The temperature was 79 degrees, the dew.74, and the relative humidity 84%. The wind was calm. The pressure was 30.07 inches and steady. At Burlington, it was mostly cloudy. The temperature was 80 degrees, the 2.77, and the relative humidity 90%. The wind was calm. The pressure was 30.08 inches and steady. Elsewhere across the state this hour, at Charlotte, it was partly cloudy, with a temperature of 83. At Greensboro, it was mostly cloudy, with a temperature of 80. At Fayetteville, it was clear, with a temperature of 82. At the Rocky Mount Wilson Airport, it was partly cloudy. with a temperature of 79. At Wilmington, it was clear with a temperature of 82. At Cape Hatteras, it was clear with a temperature of 81. The Raleigh, North Carolina climate summary for yesterday, July 26, 2025. Yesterday's high temperature was 98 degrees. This high was 7 degrees above the normal high of 91. The record high is 101 degrees, which was last set in 2005. Yesterday's low temperature was 75 degrees. This low was 5 degrees above the normal low of 70. The record low is 58 degrees which was set in 1947.