DFW - Groundhog Day Climatology

Areas of Heavy Rainfall and Critical Fire Weather on Wednesday

Heavy to excessive rainfall may bring flooding to parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia Wednesday. Recently burned areas will be particularly vulnerable to flash flooding. Gusty winds and low humidity will bring critical fire weather to parts of the Northwest U.S. and central Alaska on Wednesday where Red Flag Warnings are in effect. Read More >

Dallas/Fort Worth - Groundhog Day Climatology

February 2

Temperature
Normal maximum: 59°F Normal minimum: 38°F Number of freezes: 47 Number of days with maximum: 100°F or more: 0 32°F or less: 5

Rank	Temperature	Year
Highest Maximum
1	83	1995
2	81	2020
3	80	1924
4 (tie)	79	1987
4 (tie)	79	1934

Rank	Temperature	Year
Lowest Minimum
1	7	1985
2	8	1951
3 (tie)	13	2011
3 (tie)	13	1917
5 (tie)	15	1905
5 (tie)	15	1902

Rank	Temperature	Year
Lowest Maximum
1	20	2011
2	21	1905
3	25	1985
4	27	1996
5	32	1959

Rank	Temperature	Year
Highest Minimum
1	65	1986
2	58	1903
3	54	1911
4 (tie)	53	2024
	53	2019
	53	1944
	53	1914

Precipitation

Number of occurrences with any precipitation: 48
Number of occurrences with measurable precipitation: 38
Average amount when precipitation occurred: 0.13"
Chance of measurable precipitation: 30%
Number of occurrences of:
   thunder: 6
     snow: 7
     sleet (ice pellets): 11
     freezing rain/freezing drizzle (glaze): 7
     fog: 39

Rank	Precipitation	Year
Wettest
1	1.10	2022
2	0.64	2024
3	0.51	1943
4	0.45	1989
5	0.41	2023

Significant Events

2023 - Freezing rain fell, the fourth consecutive day with wintry precipitation. The temperature rose above freezing for the first time since January 29.
2022 - For the first time, more than an inch of precipitation fell on Groundhog Day. Rain gave way to freezing rain and sleet. A total of 0.2" sleet accumulated by midnight. (An additional 1.5" of sleet and snow fell the following day.)
2011 - An inch of sleet and snow remained on the ground from thunderstorms the previous morning. The high of 20 degrees was the lowest high temperature recorded on any day in over 20 years.
2007 - Snow fell mainly north of the I-20 corridor. Although snowfall was light in the Metroplex, areas to the north saw 1 to 2 inches.
1996 - Just after midnight, freezing rain and sleet moved into the Metroplex. Overnight the precipitation changed to snow, coating the area with ½" to 2" of precipitation. Roads, which were already hazardous from freezing drizzle on the 1st became even more slippery. Most schools and many businesses were closed.
1989 - Sleet amounting to 0.4" was recorded.
1980 - There was a trace of snow and sleet.
1959 - Freezing rain and freezing drizzle created a trace of ice.
1956 - Sleet, freezing rain, freezing drizzle and snow amounted to 0.5".
1950 - With temperatures above freezing, snow melted as it fell.
1949 - There was a trace of snow left on the ground from a previous storm.
1943 - 0.51" is the most precipitation ever on a Groundhog Day, only leap year day, which is four times as infrequent, has a lesser precipitation record for a day in February with 0.17".
1913 - Sleet and freezing rain amounted to a trace.
1905 - Sleet amounted to a trace.

Areas of Heavy Rainfall and Critical Fire Weather on Wednesday

DFW - Groundhog Day Climatology

Click Here for Waco

Dallas/Fort Worth - Groundhog Day Climatology