DFW - October Top 10 Lists

Heat Builds in the West; Extremely Critical Fire Weather in the Northwest

A heat wave over the Southwest will intensify this week, peaking and expanding into the Intermountain West and northern High Plains this weekend. Critical to extremely critical fire weather conditions are forecast from the Northwest and the northern Great Basin this weekend. Particularly Dangerous Situation Red Flag Warnings have been issued. 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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