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Heavy Rains from the Plains to the East; Fire Weather Risk in the Desert Southwest

Thunderstorms, some severe, may produce heavy to excessive rainfall and isolated flooding over portions of the Southern Plains through Saturday. Widespread showers and thunderstorms will spread east into the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, Mid Atlantic and Northeast. Dry conditions, combined with gusty winds will continue to support an elevated fire weather threat in the Desert Southwest. 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

Rank	Temperature	Year
Lowest Average
1	60.2	1976
2	61.6	1906
3	62.3	1957
4	62.4	1923
5	62.5	1913
6	62.6	1936
7	62.7	2009
8	63.5	1964
9	63.7	1925
10	63.8	1993

Rank	Temperature	Year
Lowest Maximum
1	70.2	1923
2	71.0	1976
3	71.5	1957
4	71.8	2009
5	72.0	1913
6	72.1	2002
7	72.2	1936
8	72.4	1925
9	72.5	1906
10	73.6	1993

Rank	Temperature	Year
Lowest Minimum
1	49.4	1976
2	49.9	1917
3	50.7	1906
4	50.8	1964
5	51.2	1952
6	52.2	1966
7 (tie)	53.0	1980
	53.0	1957
	53.0	1936
10 (tie)	53.1	1990
	53.1	1913
	53.1	1908

Dallas/Fort Worth - October Precipitation Extremes

Rank	Precipitation	Year
Wettest
1	14.18	1981
2	9.82	2015
3	9.44	1919
4	9.32	1991
5	9.22	1959
6	8.19	1994
7	8.05	2009
8	7.96	1930
9	7.64	1971
10	6.89	1972

Rank	Precipitation	Year
Driest
1 (tie)	T	1975
1 (tie)	T	1924
3	0.01	1952
4	0.11	1938
5 (tie)	0.12	1987
5 (tie)	0.12	1934
7	0.17	1917
8	0.20	1955
9	0.23	1963
10	0.28	1914

Rank	Snowfall	Year
Snowiest
1 (tie)	T	1993
1 (tie)	T	1925

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