DFW - Christmas Day Climatology

Severe Thunderstorms in the Northeast and Northern Plains; Critical Fire Weather in the West

Scattered severe thunderstorms capable of damaging wind gusts and hail are forecast across the Northeast U.S. and North Dakota today. Heavy to excessive rainfall is possible over eastern New Mexico into western Texas and over the western Florida peninsula today. Critical fire weather conditions will persist today over parts of the interior Northwest and Great Basin. Read More >

Dallas/Fort Worth - Christmas Day Climatology

December 25

Temperature
Normal maximum: 56°F Normal minimum: 37°F Number of freezes: 49 Number of days with maximum: 100°F or more: 0 32°F or less: 2

Rank	Temperature	Year
Highest Maximum
1	82	2021
2	80	2016
3 (tie)	78	1934
3 (tie)	78	1922
5	75	1971

Rank	Temperature	Year
Lowest Minimum
1	6	1983
2 (tie)	17	1980
2 (tie)	17	1921
4	18	1918
5	19	2004

Rank	Temperature	Year
Lowest Maximum
1	18	1983
2	31	1985
3 (tie)	38	2000
3 (tie)	38	1980
5 (tie)	39	1943
	39	1939
	39	1918
	39	1914

Rank	Temperature	Year
Highest Minimum
1	69	2016
2	58	2021
3 (tie)	55	2018
3 (tie)	55	1936
5 (tie)	51	2024
5 (tie)	51	1971

Precipitation

Number of occurrences with any precipitation: 36
Number of occurrences with measurable precipitation: 17
Average amount when precipitation occurred: 0.18"
Chance of measurable precipitation: 13%
Number of occurrences of:
   thunder: 1
     snow: 4
     sleet (ice pellets): 2
     freezing rain/freezing drizzle (glaze): 1
     fog: 24

Rank	Precipitation	Year
Wettest
1	1.94	2000
2	1.33	2012
3	0.93	1987
4	0.53	1938
5	0.34	1957

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Significant Events

2012 - Early morning thunderstorms gave way to snow and sleet. The greatest concentration of heavy snow was in western Denton County and Collin County where 4-6" fell. There were also isolated locations that received 4-6" of snow in Parker, Grayson, Fannin, Hunt, and Rains counties.
2009 - Snow remained on the ground from the Christmas Eve snowstorm.
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.

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