October 2016

Pacific Storms Continue to Impact the West; Severe Thunderstorms Forecast Thursday in the South

A series of Pacific storm systems will continue to impact the Northwest U.S. into this coming weekend with periods of gusty winds, high surf, low elevation rain, and heavy mountain snow. Severe thunderstorms will be possible on Thursday across central/east Texas into western Louisiana and possibly the ArkLaTex and southeast Oklahoma. Read More >

Dallas/Fort Worth - October Average Temperature Extremes

Rank	Temperature	Year
Highest Average
1	74.1	2016
2	73.5	1963
3 (tie)	73.2	1947
3 (tie)	73.2	1934
5	73.0	1938
6	72.7	1931
7 (tie)	72.1	2007
7 (tie)	72.1	2004
9	71.8	1950
10 (tie)	71.6	2014
10 (tie)	71.6	1928

Rank	Temperature	Year
Highest Maximum
1	88.4	1963
2	85.7	1938
3	85.2	1934
4	84.9	2016
5	84.4	1950
6	84.3	1979
7	83.8	1947
8	83.5	1940
9	83.1	2007
10	83.0	1939

Rank	Temperature	Year
Highest Minimum
1	63.4	2016
2	63.0	1931
3 (tie)	62.7	2004
	62.7	1947
	62.7	1941
6	61.6	1926
7	61.2	2000
8	61.1	1934
9	61.0	2007
10	60.6	1928

Waco - October Average Temperature Extremes

Rank	Temperature	Year
Highest Average
1	75.3	1947
2 (tie)	74.9	1963
2 (tie)	74.9	1931
4	73.8	2004
5	73.7	1934
6	73.4	2016
7	73.3	1926
8	72.6	1956
9	72.5	1928
10	72.3	1941

Rank	Temperature	Year
Highest Maximum
1	87.7	1963
2	87.3	1947
3	86.5	1938
4	86.3	1904
5	86.2	2016
6	85.8	1934
7	85.5	1992
8	85.1	1956
9	84.9	1931
10	84.6	2015

Rank	Temperature	Year
Highest Minimum
1	65.2	1919
2	65.0	1931
3 (tie)	64.7	2004
3 (tie)	64.7	1926
5	63.5	1941
6	63.4	1947
7	62.7	2000
8	62.5	1928
9 (tie)	62.3	1962
9 (tie)	62.3	1933

22 (tie)	60.5	2016
22 (tie)	60.5	1929