| Temperature |
Normal Maximum: 55°F
Normal Minimum: 34°F
Number of freezes: 39
Number of days w/Max:
100°F or more: 0
32°F or less: 2
|
| Highest Maximum |
| Rank |
Temperature (°F) |
Year |
1
(tie) |
78 |
1934 |
| 78 |
1922 |
| 3 |
75 |
1971 |
4
(tie) |
74 |
1950 |
| 74 |
1916 |
|
| Highest Minimum |
| Rank |
Temperature (°F) |
Year |
| 1 |
55 |
1936 |
| 2 |
51 |
1971 |
3
(tie) |
50 |
1954 |
| 50 |
1904 |
5
(tie) |
49 |
1959 |
| 49 |
1934 |
|
| |
| Lowest Maximum |
| Rank |
Temperature (°F) |
Year |
| 1 |
18 |
1983 |
| 2 |
31 |
1985 |
3
(tie) |
38 |
2000 |
| 38 |
1980 |
5
(tie) |
39 |
1943 |
| 39 |
1939 |
| 39 |
1918 |
| 39 |
1914 |
|
| Lowest Minimum |
| Rank |
Temperature (°F) |
Year |
| 1 |
6 |
1983 |
2
(tie) |
17 |
1980 |
| 17 |
1921 |
| 4 |
18 |
1918 |
5
(tie) |
21 |
1989 |
| 21 |
1953 |
|
|
| Precipitation |
- Normal: 0.08"
- Number of occurrences with measurable precip: 14
- Average amount when precip occurred: 0.33"
- Chance occurrence of measurable precip: 15%
- Number of occurrences with:
Thunder: 1
Snow: 3
Sleet (Ice Pellets): 1
Freezing Rain: 1
Freezing Drizzle: 0
Fog: 19
|
| 5 Wettest |
| Rank |
Rainfall (in.) |
Year |
| 1 |
1.94 |
2000 |
| 2 |
0.93 |
1987 |
| 3 |
0.53 |
1938 |
| 4 |
0.34 |
1957 |
| 5 |
0.29 |
1939 |
|
| Significant Events |
- 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.
|
Complete record for Christmas Day |
