Number of days with maximum:
100°F or more: 0
32°F or less: 8
Highest Maximum
Rank
Temperature
Year
1
85
1951
2
(tie)
77
1964
77
1929
77
1909
5
76
1920
Lowest Minimum
Rank
Temperature
Year
1
(tie)
13
1990
13
1976
3
15
1927
4
(tie)
16
1968
16
1911
Lowest Maximum
Rank
Temperature
Year
1
25
1946
2
26
1927
3
30
1898
4
(tie)
31
1978
31
1976
31
1923
Highest Minimum
Rank
Temperature
Year
1
63
1951
2
62
1965
3
59
1940
4
57
2004
5
(tie)
54
1937
54
1915
Precipitation
Number of occurrences with any precipitation: 43
Number of occurrences with measurable precipitation: 31
Average amount when precipitation occurred: 0.21"
Chance of measurable precipitation: 24%
Number of occurrences of:
thunder: 3
snow: 8
sleet (ice pellets): 4
freezing rain/freezing drizzle (glaze): 2
fog: 33
Wettest
Rank
Precipitation
Year
1
1.64
2020
2
1.55
1984
3
1.21
1947
4
0.80
1959
5
0.65
1978
Significant Events
2009 - Light snow fell in areas northwest of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. In portions of Montague County, snow remained on the ground from the heavy snow event on Christmas Eve.
2000 - Officially, 0.7" of snow fell during the afternoon at DFW Airport. However, there were several reports of 2" snow depths across the Meteroplex. Thundersnow occurred in southwest Dallas and northwest Ellis counties where local snow depths as much as 4" were observed.
1978 - An ice storm, which was more severe in Dallas than Fort Worth, was not represented at DFW Airport.
1959 - A trace of snow fell.
1958 - There was a trace of snow left on the ground from a previous storm.