Dallas/Fort Worth - Thanksgiving Climatology
the fourth Thursday in November (other dates prior to 1942)
| Temperature |
- Normal maximum: 63°F
- Normal minimum: 43°F
- Number of freezes: 19
- Number of days with maximum:
100°F or more: 0
32°F or less: 0
|
| Highest Maximum |
| Rank |
Temperature |
Date |
| 1 |
88 |
Nov 25, 1965 |
| 2 |
87 |
Nov 24, 1910 |
| 3 |
81 |
Nov 23, 1967 |
4
(tie) |
80 |
Nov 24, 1966 |
| 80 |
Nov 25, 1926 |
|
| Lowest Minimum |
| Rank |
Temperature |
Date |
| 1 |
21 |
Nov 30, 1911 |
2
(tie) |
23 |
Nov 25, 1993 |
| 23 |
Nov 30, 1905 |
| 4 |
24 |
Nov 24, 1898 |
| 5 |
25 |
Nov 24, 1938 |
|
| Lowest Maximum |
| Rank |
Temperature |
Date |
| 1 |
35 |
Nov 25, 1993 |
| 2 |
37 |
Nov 30, 1905 |
3
(tie) |
39 |
Nov 26, 1992 |
| 39 |
Nov 27, 1958 |
5
(tie) |
42 |
Nov 28, 1985 |
| 42 |
Nov 27, 1952 |
|
| Highest Minimum |
| Rank |
Temperature |
Date |
1
(tie) |
66 |
Nov 26, 2015 |
| 66 |
Nov 28, 1991 |
| 66 |
Nov 30, 1922 |
| 4 |
65 |
Nov 24, 1966 |
| 5 |
64 |
Nov 22, 1951 |
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| Precipitation |
- Number of occurrences with any precipitation: 33
- Number of occurrences with measurable precipitation: 24
- Average amount when precipitation occurred: 0.37"
- Chance of measurable precipitation: 19%
- Number of occurrences of:
thunder: 6
snow: 1
sleet (ice pellets): 1
freezing rain/freezing drizzle (glaze): 1
fog: 23
|
| Wettest |
| Rank |
Precipitation |
Date |
| 1 |
3.06 |
Nov 26, 1914 |
| 2 |
2.71 |
Nov 26, 2015 |
| 3 |
0.76 |
Nov 27, 1958 |
| 4 |
0.70 |
Nov 24, 2022 |
5
(tie) |
0.67 |
Nov 27, 1919 |
| 0.67 |
Nov 27, 1913 |
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| Significant Events |
- November 22, 2007 - A light wintry mix of sleet and snow fell during a cold afternoon. It was only the second occasion that wintry precipitation fell during a home Dallas Cowboys football game (vs. New York Jets). Although sleet did occur in the Metroplex, only snow was observed at DFW Airport.
- November 25, 1993 - Freezing rain and sleet fell during a subfreezing afternoon, amounting to 0.3" on the ground. This was the first time that wintry precipitation was ever recorded on Thanksgiving. The low was 23°F and the high was only 35°F, making it the coldest Thanksgiving ever. Also, the annual Thanksgiving Day Dallas Cowboys football game (vs. Miami Dolphins) was the first time wintry precipitation fell during an NFL game in Dallas.
- November 25, 1965 - This hot day reached a record high of 88°F.
- November 22, 1945 - It was the first killing frost of the winter of 1945-46, a low temperature of 31°F.
- November 30, 1905 - The first killing frost of the season was a hard freeze, a morning low of 23°F.
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