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Dallas/Fort Worth - Halloween Climatology

October 31

Temperature
  • Normal maximum: 72°F
  • Normal minimum: 51°F
  • Number of freezes: 3
  • Number of days with maximum:
         100°F or more: 0
         32°F or less: 0
Highest Maximum
Rank Temperature Year
1
(tie)
89 1977
89 1938
89 1934
4
(tie)
87 2016
87 2003
87 1963
87 1950

 

Lowest Minimum
Rank Temperature Year
1 29 1993
2 30 2019
3 32 1925
4
(tie)
34 2023
34 1991
34 1906

 

Lowest Maximum
Rank Temperature Year
1 43 1991
2
(tie)
48 1941
48 1923
4 50 1967
5
(tie)
51 2019
51 1993
51 1925
Highest Minimum
Rank Temperature Year
1 72 2003
2 71 1946
3 70 1909
4 69 1982
5
(tie)
68 2000
68 1968
68 1948
68 1934
 
Precipitation
  • Number of occurrences with any precipitation: 45
  • Number of occurrences with measurable precipitation: 37
  • Average amount when precipitation occurred: 0.43"
  • Chance of measurable precipitation: 29%
  • Number of occurrences of:
         thunder: 19
         snow: 0 
         sleet (ice pellets): 0 
         freezing rain/freezing drizzle (glaze): 0 
         fog: 23
Wettest
Rank Precipitation Year
1 3.63 1981
2 1.86 1974
3 1.40 1928
4 1.32 1940
5 1.30 1919
 
Significant Events
  • 1993 - It was a cold day for trick-or-treaters with a record low of 29°F. (Snow fell two days earlier.)
  • 1991 - A cold, rainy day saw a range of temperature from 34°F to 43°F.
  • 1981 - Thunderstorms dropped 3.63" of rain.