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Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats for the Plains and Southeast

A frontal boundary extending from the western High Plains to the Southeast will focus additional showers and thunderstorms this weekend. Some of these storms may become severe, alongside frequent lightning, and isolated instances of flash flooding. Meanwhile dry conditions will continue for the Great Basin where fire weather concerns linger. For the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, seasonable weather. Read More >

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Dallas/Fort Worth - October Average Temperature Extremes

Highest Average
Rank Temperature Year
1 74.1 2016
2 73.5 1963
3
(tie)
73.2 1947
73.2 1934
5 73.0 1938
6 72.7 1931
7
(tie)
72.1 2007
72.1 2004
9 71.8 1950
10
(tie)
71.6 2014
71.6 1928

 

Highest Maximum
Rank Temperature Year
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
Highest Minimum
Rank Temperature Year
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
Lowest Average
Rank Temperature Year
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
Lowest Maximum
Rank Temperature Year
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
Lowest Minimum
Rank Temperature Year
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

Wettest
Rank Precipitation Year
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
Driest
Rank Precipitation Year
1
(tie)
T 1975
T 1924
3 0.01 1952
4 0.11 1938
5
(tie)
0.12 1987
0.12 1934
7 0.17 1917
8 0.20 1955
9 0.23 1963
10 0.28 1914
Snowiest
Rank Snowfall Year
1
(tie)
T 1993
T 1925

 

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