If Houston feels exceptionally warm by May standards, you'd be right. The first two weeks of May have been among Houston's warmest on record. Houston and much of the rest of Texas has had a wild week of record-hot weather as an unseasonable heat dome of high atmospheric pressure helped rewrite weather history.

Southeast Texas is heating up with near-record highs Friday. Today’s forecast calls for a high of 94°, matching the record set in 1994. Looking ahead, early next week could bring more record-challenging temps,