DFW - Thanksgiving Climatology

Heavy Lake Effect Snow Downwind of Lakes Erie and Ontario; Fire Weather Concerns in the Southern Plains and Southeast

A multi-day heavy lake effect snow event is expected downwind of Lakes Erie and Ontario through New Year's Day. There is increasing confidence in snow squalls causing bursts of snow & gusty winds on New Year's Eve. Elevated fire weather conditions will continue today over parts of the Southern Plains and across much of the Southeast U.S. Read More >

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

Rank	Temperature	Date
Highest Maximum
1	88	Nov 25, 1965
2	87	Nov 24, 1910
3	81	Nov 23, 1967
4 (tie)	80	Nov 24, 1966
4 (tie)	80	Nov 25, 1926

Rank	Temperature	Date
Lowest Minimum
1	21	Nov 30, 1911
2 (tie)	23	Nov 25, 1993
2 (tie)	23	Nov 30, 1905
4	24	Nov 24, 1898
5	25	Nov 24, 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
Lowest Maximum
1	35	Nov 25, 1993
2	37	Nov 30, 1905
3 (tie)	39	Nov 26, 1992
3 (tie)	39	Nov 27, 1958
5 (tie)	42	Nov 28, 1985
5 (tie)	42	Nov 27, 1952

Rank	Temperature	Date
Highest Minimum
1 (tie)	66	Nov 26, 2015
	66	Nov 28, 1991
	66	Nov 30, 1922
4	65	Nov 24, 1966
5	64	Nov 22, 1951

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

Rank	Precipitation	Date
Wettest
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
5 (tie)	0.67	Nov 27, 1913

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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