DFW - Election Day Climatology

Hazardous Heat Across the Western U.S.; Heavy Rain and Flooding in the Southwest and Western Gulf Coast

Dangerous heat will persist over portions of interior California, the Great Basin, and the northern Rockies through Thursday. Heat will gradually spread into the northern Plains today. Across the western Gulf Coast, heavy to excessive rainfall will persist through mid-week. Additionally, the Southwest Monsoon will continue to bring a flash flooding threat to the Four Corners Region this week. Read More >

Dallas/Fort Worth - Election Day Climatology

the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November

Temperature
Normal maximum: 70°F Normal minimum: 50°F Number of freezes: 4 Number of days with maximum: 100°F or more: 0 32°F or less: 0

Rank	Temperature	Date
Highest Maximum
1	88	Nov 8, 1927
2 (tie)	87	Nov 8, 2005
2 (tie)	87	Nov 6, 1945
4	85	Nov 7, 2023
5	84	Nov 5, 1963

Rank	Temperature	Date
Lowest Minimum
1	26	Nov 5, 1991
2	29	Nov 6, 1951
3 (tie)	32	Nov 8, 1938
3 (tie)	32	Nov 3, 1936
5 (tie)	35	Nov 7, 1961
5 (tie)	35	Nov 8, 1955

Rank	Temperature	Date
Lowest Maximum
1	46	Nov 3, 1936
2 (tie)	49	Nov 2, 1954
2 (tie)	49	Nov 5, 1935
4	52	Nov 2, 1993
5 (tie)	54	Nov 7, 2000
5 (tie)	54	Nov 6, 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
Highest Minimum
1	70	Nov 8, 2005
2	69	Nov 4, 2003
3 (tie)	68	Nov 8, 2022
3 (tie)	68	Nov 7, 1916
5 (tie)	67	Nov 8, 1966
5 (tie)	67	Nov 7, 1944

Precipitation

Number of occurrences with any precipitation: 39
Number of occurrences with measurable precipitation: 27
Average amount when precipitation occurred: 0.46"
Chance of measurable precipitation: 21%
Number of occurrences of:
   thunder: 8
     snow: 0
     sleet (ice pellets): 0
     freezing rain/freezing drizzle (glaze): 0
     fog: 29

Rank	Precipitation	Date
Wettest
1	2.54	Nov 3, 1964
2	1.96	Nov 2, 1982
3	1.59	Nov 5, 1957
4	1.53	Nov 3, 1959
5	1.25	Nov 5, 1946

Significant Events

November 3, 1964 - After being president less than a year, Lyndon B. Johnson is elected to a "second" term as 2.54" of rain fell on this stormy day.
November 3, 1936 - Franklin D. Roosevelt is reelected to a second term during the Great Depression on a cold, rainy day. The low was 32°F and the high was 46°F.

Hazardous Heat Across the Western U.S.; Heavy Rain and Flooding in the Southwest and Western Gulf Coast

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