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| Precipitation |
- Number of occurrences with any precipitation: 33
- Number of occurrences with measurable precipitation: 17
- Average amount when precipitation occurred: 0.19"
- Chance of measurable precipitation: 15%
- Number of occurrences of:
thunder: 1
snow: 4
sleet (ice pellets): 2
freezing rain/freezing drizzle (glaze): 1
fog: 20
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| Wettest |
| Rank |
Precipitation |
Year |
| 1 |
1.94 |
2000 |
| 2 |
1.33 |
2012 |
| 3 |
0.93 |
1987 |
| 4 |
0.53 |
1938 |
| 5 |
0.34 |
1957 |
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| White Christmas |
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| Significant Events |
- 2009 - Snow remained on the ground from the Christmas Eve snowstorm.
- 2000 - Record rainfall of nearly 2" fell during the evening with temperatures from 32°F to 34°F with some minor freezing rain. However, severe freezing rain occurred north and northeast of the Metroplex.
- 1997 - A few flurries were mixed with rain during the evening. The next morning a blanket of up to ½" of snow covered portions of the Metroplex.
- 1975 - 0.4" of snow fell on the first almost white Christmas in nearly 50 years.
- 1974 - A trace of sleet was reported.
- 1963 - No snow remained from a 2" snowfall on December 22.
- 1926 - 2" of snow fell in Fort Worth but melted by afternoon. Dallas received 6.3" of snow.
- 1914 - There was a trace of snow recorded with a few brief flurries.
- 1879 - 1" of sleet and snow was on the ground. It was said that the snow and sleet was so compacted that a horse's hoof did not leave an imprint in the snow.
- 1841 - Three soldiers from a nearby fort were tracking a bear in 6" of snow near what is now White Rock Lake.
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