Dallas Climate Records and Averages

The Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex is located in North Central Texas, approximately 250 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico. It is near the headwaters of the Trinity River, which lie in the upper margins of the Coastal Plain. The rolling hills in the area range from 500 to 800 feet in elevation.

The Dallas–Fort Worth climate is humid subtropical with hot summers. It is also continental, characterized by a wide annual temperature range. Precipitation also varies considerably, ranging from less than 20 to more than 50 inches.

Winters are mild, but northers occur about three times each month, and often are accompanied by sudden drops in temperature. Periods of extreme cold that occasionally occur are short–lived, so that even in January mild weather occurs frequently.

The highest temperatures of summer are associated with fair skies, westerly winds and low humidity. Characteristically, hot spells in summer are broken into three–to–five day periods by thunderstorm activity. There are only a few nights each summer when the low temperature exceeds 80 degrees. Summer daytime temperatures frequently exceed 100 degrees.

Throughout the year, rainfall occurs more frequently during the night. Usually, periods of rainy weather last for only a day or two, and are followed by several days with fair skies. A large part of the annual precipitation results from thunderstorm activity, with occasional heavy rainfall over brief periods of time. Thunderstorms occur throughout the year, but are most frequent in the spring. Hail falls on about two or three days a year, ordinarily with only slight and scattered damage. Windstorms occurring during thunderstorm activity are sometimes destructive. Snowfall is rare.

	Monthly Averages			Daily Extremes				Monthly Extremes
Temperatures in F	Max.	Min.	Avg	High	Date of daily extreme high	Low	Date of daily extreme low	Highest Avg	Year	Lowest Avg	Year
January	55.3	34.7	45.0	84	03/2006	7	10/1982	55.0	2006	33.8	1978
February	60.0	38.8	49.4	95	21/1996	7	02/1985	58.4	1976	36.7	1978
March	68.2	46.8	57.5	96	31/1974	15	02/1980	63.9	2007	51.8	2001
April	76.2	54.7	65.5	101	17/2006	29	11/1989	72.0	2006	60.3	1997
May	83.7	63.9	73.8	103	30/1985	41	04/1978	79.7	1996	68.5	1976
June	91.7	71.2	81.4	113	26/1980	54	01/1983	87.0	1980	77.3	1983
July	96.1	75.1	85.6	110	02/1980	62	14/1990	92.0	1980	82.1	1976
August	96.1	74.8	85.5	109	06/2003	59	28/1992	90.2	1999	80.2	1992
September	88.4	67.4	77.9	108	04/1998	43	30/1984	83.7	2005	70.9	1974
October	78.5	56.5	67.5	102	01/1979	29	30/1980	72.1	2004	60.2	1976
November	66.6	45.8	56.2	89	06/1989	22	23/1975	62.9	1999	49.5	1976
December	57.5	36.9	47.2	89	03/2005	-1	23/1989	52.5	1984	34.7	1983

Annual	76.5	55.6	66.0	113	1980/06/26	-1	1989/12/23	69.2	2006	63.3	1983

Winter	57.6	36.8	47.2	95	1996/02/21	-1	1989/12/23	53.0	2000	39.3	1978
Spring	76.0	55.1	65.6	103	1985/05/30	15	1980/03/02	70.7	2006	61.5	1983
Summer	94.6	73.7	84.2	113	1980/06/26	54	1983/06/01	89.2	1980	81.0	1989
Fall	77.8	56.6	67.2	108	1998/09/04	22	1975/11/23	71.6	2007	61.9	1976

												Total Snowfall
	Avg.	High	Year	Low	Year	1 Day Max.		>= 0.01 in.	>= 0.10 in.	>= 0.50 in.	>= 1.00 in.	Mean	High	Year
	in.	in.	-	in.	-	in.	dd/yyyy or yyyymmdd	# Days	# Days	# Days	# Days	in.	in.	-
January	2.13	5.58	2007	0.00	1986	3.15	04/1998	7	4	1	0	0.6	5.4	1977
February	2.50	7.40	1997	0.35	1996	2.90	12/1997	6	4	2	1	1.3	13.5	1978
March	3.38	7.39	2002	0.80	1974	4.39	19/2002	8	5	2	1	0.2	2.1	2008
April	3.04	6.90	1990	0.11	1987	3.18	07/2002	7	5	2	1	-	-	-
May	4.97	13.66	1982	0.95	1996	3.54	28/1978	9	6	4	2	-	-	-
June	3.46	11.10	2007	0.34	2006	3.08	07/1989	7	5	3	1	-	-	-
July	2.15	5.54	2007	0.00	1993	3.83	01/2001	5	3	1	1	-	-	-
August	1.97	5.55	1983	0.00	1980	4.05	31/1976	5	3	1	1	-	-	-
September	2.66	9.09	2010	0.09	1984	5.24	08/2010	6	4	2	1	-	-	-
October	3.96	14.18	1981	0.00	1975	3.81	27/1996	7	5	3	1	-	-	-
November	2.50	6.95	2000	0.02	2005	2.23	10/2008	6	4	2	1	0.2	5.0	1976
December	2.38	8.75	1991	0.17	1981	4.22	20/1991	6	4	2	1	0.3	3.2	2009

Annual	35.11	53.54	1991	18.97	2005	5.24	2010/09/08	79	52	24	10	2.6	18.4	1978

Winter	7.01	15.22	1998	1.81	2009	4.22	1991/12/20	20	12	5	2	2.2	17.6	1978
Spring	11.38	21.02	1995	5.28	2003	4.39	2002/03/19	24	16	8	4	0.2	2.1	2008
Summer	7.59	18.89	2004	1.76	1999	4.05	1976/08/31	17	11	5	2	-	-	-
Fall	9.13	18.11	1981	1.29	1975	5.24	2010/09/08	19	13	6	3	0.2	5.0	1976

Winter = Dec, Jan, and Feb		Spring = Mar, Apr, and May
Summer = Jun, Jul, and Aug.		Fall = Sep, Oct, and Nov