2001 Dallas – Fort Worth, Texas (DFW)
2001 DALLAS – FORT WORTH, TEXAS (DFW)
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 humidities. 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. Air conditioners are recommended for maximum comfort indoors and while traveling via automobile.
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.
The average length of the warm season (freeze–free period) in the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex is about 249 days. The average last occurrence of 32 degrees or below is mid March and the average first occurrence of 32 degrees or below is in late November.
NORMALS, MEANS, AND EXTREMES
DALLAS–FORT WORTH, TX (DFW)
LATITUDE: LONGITUDE: ELEVATION (FT): TIME ZONE: WBAN: 03927
32 53′ 47″ N 97 02′ 28″ W GRND: 559 BARO: 562 CENTRAL (UTC + 6)
ELEMENT | POR | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | YEAR | |
TEMPERATURE F | NORMAL DAILY MAXIMUM | 30 | 54.1 | 58.9 | 67.8 | 76.3 | 82.9 | 91.9 | 96.5 | 96.2 | 87.8 | 78.5 | 66.8 | 57.5 | 76.3 |
MEAN DAILY MAXIMUM | 54 | 54.8 | 60.0 | 67.5 | 76.2 | 83.3 | 91.6 | 96.0 | 95.8 | 88.5 | 78.7 | 66.3 | 57.8 | 76.4 | |
HIGHEST DAILY MAXIMUM | 48 | 88 | 95 | 96 | 95 | 103 | 113 | 110 | 108 | 111 | 102 | 89 | 88 | 113 | |
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE | 1969 | 1996 | 1991 | 1990 | 1985 | 1980 | 1998 | 2000 | 2000 | 1979 | 1989 | 1955 | JUN 1980 | ||
MEAN OF EXTREME MAXS. | 54 | 76.1 | 80.0 | 85.1 | 89.1 | 94.1 | 98.8 | 102.7 | 103.3 | 98.7 | 92.4 | 82.9 | 77.2 | 90.0 | |
NORMAL DAILY MINIMUM | 30 | 32.7 | 36.9 | 45.6 | 54.7 | 62.6 | 70.0 | 74.1 | 73.6 | 66.9 | 55.8 | 45.4 | 36.3 | 54.6 | |
MEAN DAILY MINIMUM | 54 | 33.9 | 38.4 | 45.3 | 54.5 | 63.1 | 70.9 | 74.7 | 74.2 | 67.0 | 56.2 | 44.8 | 37.0 | 55.0 | |
LOWEST DAILY MINIMUM | 48 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 41 | 51 | 59 | 56 | 43 | 29 | 20 | -1 | -1 | |
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE | 1964 | 1985 | 1980 | 1989 | 1978 | 1964 | 1972 | 1967 | 1984 | 1993 | 1959 | 1989 | DEC 1989 | ||
MEAN OF EXTREME MINS. | 54 | 16.2 | 21.6 | 27.8 | 37.7 | 49.7 | 60.4 | 67.7 | 65.9 | 52.5 | 40.4 | 28.7 | 20.6 | 40.8 | |
NORMAL DRY BULB | 30 | 43.4 | 47.9 | 56.7 | 65.5 | 72.8 | 81.0 | 85.3 | 84.9 | 77.4 | 67.2 | 56.2 | 46.9 | 65.4 | |
MEAN DRY BULB | 54 | 44.4 | 49.2 | 56.3 | 65.3 | 73.1 | 81.2 | 85.3 | 85.1 | 77.7 | 67.3 | 55.4 | 47.3 | 65.6 | |
MEAN WET BULB | 18 | 40.5 | 45.0 | 50.5 | 57.8 | 66.6 | 72.3 | 73.9 | 73.1 | 68.1 | 59.6 | 50.1 | 42.5 | 58.3 | |
MEAN DEW POINT | 18 | 34.4 | 38.2 | 44.0 | 51.5 | 62.3 | 68.2 | 68.6 | 67.3 | 62.6 | 53.9 | 44.4 | 36.6 | 52.7 | |
NORMAL NO. DAYS WITH: | |||||||||||||||
MAXIMUM 90 | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 4.5 | 19.5 | 27.5 | 26.8 | 14.4 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 97.0 | |
MAXIMUM 32 | 30 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 3.6 | |
MINIMUM 32 | 30 | 15.7 | 9.3 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | * | 2.3 | 10.7 | 41.0 | |
MINIMUM 0 | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | * | 0.0 | |
H/C | NORMAL HEATING DEG. DAYS | 30 | 670 | 484 | 286 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 275 | 566 | 2407 |
NORMAL COOLING DEG. DAYS | 30 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 90 | 246 | 480 | 629 | 617 | 372 | 119 | 11 | 5 | 2603 | |
RH | NORMAL (PERCENT) | 30 | 68 | 66 | 64 | 65 | 70 | 66 | 60 | 60 | 66 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 66 |
HOUR 00 LST | 30 | 72 | 72 | 69 | 72 | 78 | 74 | 67 | 66 | 74 | 73 | 74 | 73 | 72 | |
HOUR 06 LST | 30 | 79 | 80 | 79 | 82 | 87 | 85 | 80 | 80 | 84 | 82 | 81 | 79 | 82 | |
HOUR 12 LST | 30 | 60 | 58 | 56 | 56 | 59 | 55 | 49 | 49 | 55 | 54 | 56 | 59 | 56 | |
HOUR 18 LST | 30 | 57 | 54 | 50 | 52 | 56 | 50 | 44 | 44 | 52 | 54 | 58 | 59 | 52 | |
S | PERCENT POSSIBLE SUNSHINE | 17 | 52 | 54 | 58 | 61 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 63 | 57 | 52 | 61 |
W/O | MEAN NO. DAYS WITH: | ||||||||||||||
HEAVY FOG(VISBY 1/4 MI) | 48 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 10.8 | |
THUNDERSTORMS | 48 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.6 | 6.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 46.2 | |
CLOUDINESS | MEAN: | ||||||||||||||
SUNRISE-SUNSET (OKTAS) | 1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.8 | ||||||||||
MIDNIGHT-MIDNIGHT (OKTAS) | 1 | 4.0 | |||||||||||||
MEAN NO. DAYS WITH: | |||||||||||||||
CLEAR | 1 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 15.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | |||||||||
PARTLY CLOUDY | 1 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 8.0 | |||||||||||
CLOUDY | 1 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | ||||||||||
PR | MEAN STATION PRESSURE(IN) | 29 | 29.49 | 29.49 | 29.40 | 29.30 | 29.30 | 29.30 | 29.40 | 29.40 | 29.39 | 29.40 | 29.40 | 29.50 | 29.40 |
MEAN SEA-LEVEL PRES. (IN) | 18 | 30.13 | 30.08 | 30.01 | 29.93 | 29.90 | 29.91 | 29.96 | 29.96 | 29.98 | 30.04 | 30.08 | 30.13 | 30.01 | |
WINDS | MEAN SPEED (MPH) | 48 | 11.0 | 11.7 | 12.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.6 | 10.0 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 9.9 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 10.8 |
PREVAIL. DIR (TENS OF DEGS) | 5 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | |
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE: | |||||||||||||||
SPEED (MPH) | 6 | 41 | 51 | 48 | 47 | 43 | 47 | 36 | 47 | 33 | 46 | 40 | 39 | 51 | |
DIR. (TENS OF DEGS) | 29 | 23 | 30 | 30 | 34 | 32 | 11 | 33 | 24 | 23 | 28 | 33 | 23 | ||
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE | 1996 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 1998 | 1996 | 1999 | 1996 | 1996 | 2001 | 2001 | 2000 | FEB 2000 | ||
MAXIMUM 5-SECOND: | |||||||||||||||
SPEED (MPH) | 6 | 51 | 78 | 74 | 64 | 55 | 57 | 45 | 47 | 39 | 54 | 47 | 47 | 78 | |
DIR. (TENS OF DEGS) | 19 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 34 | 12 | 34 | 19 | 23 | 30 | 26 | 23 | ||
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE | 1996 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 1996 | 1999 | 1996 | 2001 | 2001 | 1998 | 1997 | FEB 2000 | ||
PRECIPITATION | NORMAL (IN) | 30 | 1.83 | 2.18 | 2.77 | 3.50 | 4.88 | 2.98 | 2.31 | 2.21 | 3.39 | 3.52 | 2.29 | 1.84 | 33.70 |
MAXIMUM MONTHLY (IN) | 48 | 5.07 | 7.40 | 6.69 | 12.19 | 13.66 | 8.75 | 11.13 | 6.85 | 9.52 | 14.18 | 6.95 | 8.75 | 14.18 | |
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE | 1998 | 1997 | 1995 | 1957 | 1982 | 1989 | 1973 | 1970 | 1964 | 1981 | 2000 | 1991 | OCT 1981 | ||
MINIMUM MONTHLY (IN) | 48 | T | 0.15 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.95 | 0.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.09 | T | 0.20 | 0.17 | 0.00 | |
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE | 1986 | 1963 | 1972 | 1987 | 1996 | 1964 | 1993 | 2000 | 1984 | 1975 | 1970 | 1981 | AUG 2000 | ||
MAXIMUM IN 24 HOURS (IN) | 48 | 3.15 | 4.06 | 4.39 | 4.55 | 5.34 | 3.15 | 3.83 | 4.05 | 4.76 | 5.91 | 2.83 | 4.22 | 5.91 | |
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE | 1998 | 1965 | 1977 | 1957 | 1989 | 1989 | 2001 | 1976 | 1965 | 1959 | 1964 | 1991 | OCT 1959 | ||
NORMAL NO. DAYS WITH: | |||||||||||||||
PRECIPITATION 0.01 | 30 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 8.7 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 78.1 | |
PRECIPITATION 1.00 | 30 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 10.0 | |
SNOWFALL | NORMAL (IN) | 30 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 3.1 |
MAXIMUM MONTHLY (IN) | 43 | 12.1 | 13.5 | 2.5 | T | T | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T | 5.0 | 2.6 | 13.5 | |
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE | 1964 | 1978 | 1962 | 1995 | 1995 | 1993 | 1976 | 1963 | FEB 1978 | ||||||
MAXIMUM IN 24 HOURS (IN) | 43 | 12.1 | 7.5 | 2.5 | T | T | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T | 4.8 | 2.5 | 12.1 | |
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE | 1964 | 1978 | 1962 | 1995 | 1995 | 1993 | 1976 | 1963 | JAN 1964 | ||||||
MAXIMUM SNOW DEPTH (IN) | 48 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE | 1964 | 1978 | 1971 | 1976 | 1983 | FEB 1978 | |||||||||
NORMAL NO. DAYS WITH: | |||||||||||||||
SNOWFALL 1.0 | 30 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.* | 0.1 | 1.1 |
PRECIPITATION (inches) 2001 DALLAS – FORT WORTH, TX (DFW) | |||||||||||||
YEAR | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | ANNUAL |
1972 | 1.09 | 0.26 | 0.10 | 3.25 | 2.35 | 1.50 | 0.59 | 0.81 | 2.42 | 6.89 | 2.36 | 0.61 | 22.23 |
1973 | 3.26 | 1.92 | 2.28 | 6.06 | 3.18 | 5.88 | 11.13 | 0.01 | 7.16 | 6.85 | 2.06 | 0.83 | 50.62 |
1974 | 1.79 | 1.01 | 0.80 | 2.51 | 6.00 | 5.44 | 0.67 | 4.19 | 6.04 | 5.93 | 3.32 | 1.93 | 39.63 |
1975 | 3.34 | 3.72 | 1.67 | 3.40 | 6.88 | 1.95 | 5.06 | 0.30 | 0.87 | T | 0.42 | 1.49 | 29.10 |
1976 | 0.13 | 0.52 | 2.29 | 5.71 | 6.03 | 1.40 | 3.83 | 4.75 | 5.02 | 3.46 | 0.50 | 1.99 | 35.63 |
1977 | 2.39 | 1.68 | 5.88 | 4.31 | 0.99 | 0.69 | 2.20 | 2.33 | 1.72 | 2.96 | 1.79 | 0.25 | 27.19 |
1978 | 1.41 | 3.33 | 2.66 | 1.34 | 8.01 | 0.77 | 0.33 | 1.53 | 0.93 | 0.55 | 2.73 | 0.78 | 24.37 |
1979 | 3.35 | 1.52 | 6.33 | 2.03 | 5.90 | 1.36 | 1.94 | 2.47 | 0.99 | 3.38 | 0.43 | 2.72 | 32.42 |
1980 | 2.52 | 0.84 | 1.24 | 2.23 | 3.01 | 1.25 | 0.71 | T | 6.54 | 1.08 | 1.23 | 1.43 | 22.08 |
1981 | 0.58 | 1.44 | 3.39 | 2.69 | 6.24 | 7.85 | 1.81 | 2.32 | 2.40 | 14.18 | 1.53 | 0.17 | 44.60 |
1982 | 2.33 | 1.89 | 1.71 | 2.71 | 13.66 | 4.28 | 2.73 | 0.52 | 0.58 | 3.36 | 4.22 | 2.76 | 40.75 |
1983 | 2.55 | 1.25 | 4.36 | 0.59 | 5.83 | 2.07 | 1.56 | 5.55 | 0.22 | 4.04 | 2.22 | 0.83 | 31.07 |
1984 | 1.07 | 3.11 | 4.92 | 1.41 | 3.04 | 2.79 | 0.43 | 1.47 | 0.09 | 6.50 | 2.97 | 6.09 | 33.89 |
1985 | 0.81 | 2.62 | 3.70 | 3.75 | 2.13 | 3.78 | 2.40 | 0.53 | 3.35 | 3.91 | 3.11 | 0.61 | 30.70 |
1986 | T | 2.49 | 1.08 | 5.30 | 5.52 | 3.92 | 0.41 | 1.63 | 4.60 | 1.81 | 3.25 | 2.44 | 32.45 |
1987 | 1.22 | 3.67 | 1.70 | 0.11 | 5.95 | 3.45 | 1.77 | 0.81 | 1.38 | 0.12 | 4.17 | 2.90 | 27.25 |
1988 | 0.88 | 1.23 | 2.03 | 2.21 | 2.11 | 3.23 | 2.47 | 0.44 | 4.04 | 1.64 | 2.28 | 2.48 | 25.04 |
1989 | 2.56 | 3.70 | 3.72 | 1.86 | 9.62 | 8.75 | 2.61 | 1.89 | 2.40 | 2.02 | 0.49 | 0.33 | 39.95 |
1990 | 4.54 | 4.72 | 5.89 | 6.90 | 7.16 | 1.89 | 2.60 | 2.37 | 1.12 | 2.81 | 3.81 | 1.46 | 45.27 |
1991 | 2.72 | 2.60 | 1.35 | 3.63 | 6.97 | 4.26 | 3.99 | 4.30 | 4.61 | 9.32 | 1.04 | 8.75 | 53.54 |
1992 | 3.25 | 2.40 | 3.24 | 2.46 | 6.93 | 5.23 | 2.48 | 2.08 | 3.25 | 3.05 | 3.56 | 4.26 | 42.19 |
1993 | 1.74 | 5.78 | 3.03 | 3.49 | 1.75 | 3.75 | 0.00 | 0.75 | 3.28 | 5.10 | 1.62 | 2.54 | 32.83 |
1994 | 1.43 | 2.01 | 1.69 | 3.62 | 5.80 | 2.05 | 4.58 | 4.89 | 1.39 | 8.19 | 6.03 | 2.42 | 44.10 |
1995 | 2.11 | 0.44 | 6.69 | 6.83 | 7.50 | 2.41 | 3.45 | 0.86 | 1.54 | 0.75 | 0.74 | 2.08 | 35.40 |
1996 | 0.97 | 0.35 | 2.36 | 2.14 | 0.95 | 3.42 | 3.85 | 5.02 | 1.51 | 6.56 | 5.54 | 0.47 | 33.14 |
1997 | 0.33 | 7.40 | 2.21 | 6.73 | 3.92 | 3.99 | 1.68 | 3.13 | 2.01 | 5.66 | 1.01 | 6.93 | 45.00 |
1998 | 5.07 | 3.22 | 4.45 | 1.25 | 2.38 | 1.75 | 0.11 | 0.35 | 0.68 | 5.64 | 4.91 | 4.43 | 34.24 |
1999 | 1.44 | 0.48 | 2.84 | 2.74 | 6.91 | 0.99 | 0.77 | T | 2.30 | 2.26 | 0.31 | 2.55 | 23.59 |
2000 | 1.59 | 3.30 | 2.92 | 4.28 | 3.17 | 5.93 | T | 0.00 | 0.16 | 4.38 | 6.95 | 3.57 | 36.25 |
2001 | 2.44 | 6.17 | 5.27 | 0.89 | 5.58 | 1.28 | 3.85 | 2.72 | 3.72 | 1.86 | 1.11 | 3.24 | 38.13 |
POR=103 YRS | 1.03 | 0.54 | 2.42 | 2.21 | 1.13 | 3.40 | 3.74 | 4.84 | 1.54 | 6.44 | 5.41 | 0.66 | 33.36 |
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (F) 2001 DALLAS – FORT WORTH, TX (DFW) | |||||||||||||
YEAR | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | ANNUAL |
1972 | 45.0 | 51.5 | 62.1 | 70.1 | 72.7 | 81.4 | 83.1 | 84.7 | 80.8 | 67.5 | 50.1 | 44.0 | 66.1 |
1973 | 42.5 | 47.9 | 60.0 | 60.7 | 71.7 | 79.3 | 83.9 | 82.9 | 76.1 | 68.3 | 59.8 | 48.4 | 65.1 |
1974 | 43.6 | 52.3 | 62.9 | 65.8 | 75.7 | 78.7 | 86.1 | 82.9 | 70.9 | 69.2 | 55.5 | 47.2 | 65.9 |
1975 | 49.0 | 46.6 | 53.8 | 64.7 | 72.4 | 80.9 | 83.6 | 84.8 | 75.6 | 69.8 | 57.3 | 49.0 | 65.6 |
1976 | 45.0 | 58.4 | 59.4 | 64.9 | 68.6 | 78.8 | 82.1 | 84.2 | 76.1 | 60.2 | 49.5 | 45.0 | 64.4 |
1977 | 34.7 | 49.4 | 57.2 | 66.8 | 77.4 | 84.1 | 87.1 | 84.9 | 81.6 | 66.7 | 56.4 | 47.6 | 66.2 |
1978 | 33.8 | 36.7 | 54.1 | 67.1 | 73.1 | 82.3 | 88.4 | 84.6 | 80.2 | 68.9 | 57.7 | 46.1 | 64.4 |
1979 | 35.4 | 42.2 | 56.7 | 64.4 | 69.7 | 81.0 | 84.5 | 82.5 | 77.0 | 70.8 | 52.9 | 49.4 | 63.9 |
1980 | 45.5 | 46.6 | 54.2 | 63.1 | 75.0 | 87.0 | 92.0 | 88.5 | 80.3 | 65.4 | 54.9 | 49.4 | 66.8 |
1981 | 44.6 | 48.9 | 55.7 | 69.2 | 70.5 | 80.3 | 85.9 | 83.4 | 76.2 | 66.1 | 57.5 | 47.3 | 65.5 |
1982 | 44.6 | 44.5 | 59.8 | 62.5 | 72.5 | 79.2 | 84.6 | 86.7 | 78.1 | 67.0 | 55.6 | 49.2 | 65.4 |
1983 | 43.4 | 48.5 | 54.5 | 60.6 | 69.5 | 77.3 | 83.6 | 84.9 | 77.1 | 67.8 | 57.3 | 34.8 | 63.3 |
1984 | 39.3 | 50.9 | 56.3 | 63.7 | 73.7 | 82.5 | 85.5 | 85.8 | 76.1 | 67.0 | 54.6 | 52.6 | 65.7 |
1985 | 37.8 | 45.0 | 60.8 | 67.2 | 74.0 | 80.2 | 84.4 | 87.6 | 77.7 | 67.6 | 56.3 | 42.3 | 65.1 |
1986 | 48.8 | 51.2 | 60.2 | 67.2 | 71.5 | 80.8 | 86.4 | 83.4 | 80.2 | 65.7 | 52.4 | 46.1 | 66.2 |
1987 | 44.5 | 50.8 | 53.9 | 65.0 | 75.1 | 79.6 | 83.4 | 86.5 | 77.1 | 66.5 | 55.7 | 47.3 | 65.5 |
1988 | 42.2 | 47.1 | 56.0 | 64.5 | 72.8 | 80.4 | 85.3 | 87.9 | 79.2 | 65.7 | 58.1 | 49.1 | 65.7 |
1989 | 50.0 | 42.2 | 56.7 | 66.4 | 74.3 | 77.9 | 82.8 | 82.3 | 74.7 | 69.0 | 58.2 | 39.0 | 64.5 |
1990 | 51.8 | 53.9 | 57.7 | 64.0 | 73.4 | 84.0 | 82.5 | 84.6 | 80.0 | 66.4 | 59.8 | 44.0 | 66.8 |
1991 | 42.8 | 53.7 | 59.8 | 67.4 | 75.4 | 81.0 | 85.0 | 82.5 | 75.2 | 68.1 | 51.7 | 50.3 | 66.1 |
1992 | 46.9 | 54.4 | 59.1 | 66.0 | 71.1 | 79.4 | 84.3 | 80.2 | 77.7 | 69.5 | 52.7 | 49.9 | 65.9 |
1993 | 45.1 | 49.0 | 56.1 | 63.3 | 71.9 | 81.7 | 87.3 | 87.5 | 78.2 | 63.8 | 51.6 | 49.5 | 65.4 |
1994 | 45.7 | 48.6 | 59.0 | 65.9 | 71.5 | 84.1 | 83.9 | 84.0 | 76.3 | 67.3 | 57.9 | 49.0 | 66.1 |
1995 | 48.2 | 52.5 | 56.9 | 64.2 | 73.2 | 79.9 | 85.5 | 85.5 | 76.6 | 67.8 | 54.8 | 47.5 | 66.1 |
1996 | 43.0 | 52.1 | 53.3 | 64.2 | 79.7 | 82.5 | 86.2 | 82.5 | 74.5 | 66.9 | 54.9 | 49.2 | 65.8 |
1997 | 44.0 | 49.5 | 58.3 | 60.4 | 70.1 | 78.8 | 84.9 | 83.1 | 80.2 | 67.2 | 52.1 | 45.6 | 64.5 |
1998 | 48.4 | 51.1 | 54.9 | 63.8 | 78.5 | 85.5 | 91.6 | 87.8 | 83.6 | 69.5 | 57.6 | 47.0 | 68.3 |
1999 | 48.6 | 55.5 | 56.4 | 67.9 | 73.8 | 82.1 | 86.1 | 90.2 | 79.0 | 69.2 | 62.9 | 51.5 | 68.6 |
2000 | 50.6 | 57.3 | 61.0 | 65.3 | 76.6 | 80.7 | 87.3 | 90.2 | 80.4 | 69.7 | 49.8 | 39.4 | 67.4 |
2001 | 42.7 | 50.2 | 51.8 | 67.8 | 74.2 | 80.3 | 86.7 | 84.9 | 74.6 | 65.0 | 59.7 | 49.5 | 65.6 |
POR=103 YRS | 45.2 | 49.0 | 56.9 | 65.1 | 72.8 | 81.0 | 84.7 | 84.8 | 77.9 | 67.6 | 55.9 | 47.4 | 65.7 |
REFERENCE NOTES:
PAGE 1:
THE TEMPERATURE GRAPH SHOWS NORMAL MAXIMUM AND NORMAL MINIMUM DAILY TEMPERATURES (SOLID CURVES) AND THE ACTUAL DAILY HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES (VERTICAL BARS).
PAGE 2 AND 3:
H/C INDICATES HEATING AND COOLING DEGREE DAYS.
RH INDICATES RELATIVE HUMIDITY
W/O INDICATES WEATHER AND OBSTRUCTIONS
S INDICATES SUNSHINE.
PR INDICATES PRESSURE.
CLOUDINESS ON PAGE 3 IS THE SUM OF THE CEILOMETER AND SATELLITE DATA NOT TO EXCEED EIGHT EIGHTHS (OKTAS).
GENERAL:
T INDICATES TRACE PRECIPITATION, AN AMOUNT GREATER THAN ZERO BUT LESS THAN THE LOWEST REPORTABLE VALUE.
+ INDICATES THE VALUE ALSO OCCURS ON EARLIER DATES.
BLANK ENTRIES DENOTE MISSING OR UNREPORTED DATA.
NORMALS ARE 30–YEAR AVERAGES (1961–1990).
ASOS INDICATES AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM.
PM INDICATES THE LAST DAY OF THE PREVIOUS MONTH.
POR (PERIOD OF RECORD) BEGINS WITH THE JANUARY DATA MONTH AND IS THE NUMBER OF YEARS USED TO COMPUTE THE MEAN. INDIVIDUAL MONTHS WITHIN THE POR MAY BE MISSING.
WHEN THE POR FOR A NORMAL IS LESS THAN 30 YEARS, THE NORMAL IS PROVISIONAL AND IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF YEARS INDICATED.
0.* OR * INDICATES THE VALUE OR MEAN–DAYS–WITH IS BETWEEN 0.00 AND 0.05.
CLOUDINESS FOR ASOS STATIONS DIFFERS FROM THE NON–ASOS OBSERVATION TAKEN BY A HUMAN OBSERVER. ASOS STATION CLOUDINESS IS BASED ON TIME–AVERAGED CEILOMETER DATA FOR CLOUDS AT OR BELOW 12,000 FEET AND ON SATELLITE DATA FOR CLOUDS ABOVE 12,000 FEET.
THE NUMBER OF DAYS WITH CLEAR, PARTLY CLOUDY, AND CLOUDY CONDITIONS FOR ASOS STATIONS IS THE SUM OF THE CEILOMETER AND SATELLITE DATA FOR THE SUNRISE TO SUNSET PERIOD.
GENERAL CONTINUED:
CLEAR INDICATES 0–2 OKTAS, PARTLY CLOUDY INDICATES 3–6 OKTAS, AND CLOUDY INDICATES 7 OR 8 OKTAS. WHEN AT LEAST ONE OF THE ELEMENTS (CEILOMETER OR SATELLITE) IS MISSING, THE DAILY CLOUDINESS IS NOT COMPUTED.
WIND DIRECTION IS RECORDED IN TENS OF DEGREES (2 DIGITS) CLOCKWISE FROM TRUE NORTH. "00" INDICATES CALM. "36" INDICATES TRUE NORTH.
RESULTANT WIND IS THE VECTOR AVERAGE OF THE SPEED AND DIRECTION.
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IS THE SUM OF THE MEAN DAILY MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURE DIVIDED BY 2.
SNOWFALL DATA COMPRISE ALL FORMS OF FROZEN PRECIPITATION, INCLUDING HAIL.
A HEATING (COOLING) DEGREE DAY IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE AND 65 F.
DRY BULB IS THE TEMPERATURE OF THE AMBIENT AIR.
DEW POINT IS THE TEMPERATURE TO WHICH THE AIR MUST BE COOLED TO ACHIEVE 100 PERCENT RELATIVE HUMIDITY.
WET BULB IS THE TEMPERATURE THE AIR WOULD HAVE IF THE MOISTURE CONTENT WAS INCREASED TO 100 PERCENT RELATIVE HUMIDITY.
ON JULY 1, 1996, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BEGAN USING THE "METAR" OBSERVATION CODE THAT WAS ALREADY EMPLOYED BY MOST OTHER NATIONS OF THE WORLD. THE MOST NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE IN THIS ANNUAL PUBLICATION WILL BE THE CHANGE IN UNITS FROM TENTHS TO EIGHTS (OKTAS) FOR REPORTING THE AMOUNT OF SKY COVER.
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (base 65 F) 2001 DALLAS – FORT WORTH, TX (DFW) | |||||||||||||
YEAR | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | TOTAL |
1972-73 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 96 | 446 | 644 | 690 | 475 | 155 | 182 | 12 | 0 | 2703 |
1973-74 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 182 | 509 | 656 | 352 | 173 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 1980 |
1974-75 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 296 | 546 | 489 | 508 | 355 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 2342 |
1975-76 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 266 | 500 | 616 | 217 | 222 | 48 | 20 | 0 | 1926 |
1976-77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 214 | 459 | 614 | 931 | 431 | 241 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 2927 |
1977-78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 257 | 536 | 962 | 786 | 346 | 54 | 41 | 0 | 3037 |
1978-79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 247 | 578 | 911 | 635 | 261 | 78 | 29 | 0 | 2766 |
1979-80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 370 | 478 | 597 | 530 | 339 | 102 | 6 | 0 | 2456 |
1980-81 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 99 | 330 | 486 | 625 | 448 | 284 | 26 | 23 | 0 | 2339 |
1981-82 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 116 | 228 | 541 | 625 | 569 | 232 | 140 | 9 | 0 | 2470 |
1982-83 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 316 | 495 | 663 | 454 | 324 | 186 | 21 | 2 | 2556 |
1983-84 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 52 | 269 | 933 | 789 | 401 | 281 | 89 | 11 | 0 | 2837 |
1984-85 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 66 | 322 | 389 | 837 | 558 | 171 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 2418 |
1985-86 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 53 | 285 | 696 | 495 | 400 | 164 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 2158 |
1986-87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 376 | 580 | 632 | 387 | 342 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 2487 |
1987-88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 297 | 540 | 703 | 512 | 301 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 2478 |
1988-89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 240 | 487 | 460 | 630 | 294 | 102 | 4 | 0 | 2268 |
1989-90 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 80 | 251 | 799 | 401 | 306 | 251 | 102 | 19 | 0 | 2223 |
1990-91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 190 | 646 | 681 | 314 | 198 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 2173 |
1991-92 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 69 | 405 | 456 | 555 | 302 | 182 | 73 | 14 | 0 | 2068 |
1992-93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 366 | 474 | 612 | 445 | 290 | 120 | 4 | 0 | 2325 |
1993-94 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 145 | 414 | 476 | 594 | 451 | 229 | 83 | 27 | 0 | 2421 |
1994-95 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 71 | 226 | 487 | 521 | 348 | 289 | 86 | 13 | 0 | 2047 |
1995-96 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 41 | 304 | 549 | 671 | 403 | 384 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 2478 |
1996-97 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 51 | 308 | 483 | 650 | 429 | 213 | 155 | 16 | 0 | 2319 |
1997-98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 383 | 593 | 512 | 383 | 347 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 2393 |
1998-99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 226 | 559 | 505 | 266 | 263 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 1892 |
1999-00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 118 | 421 | 447 | 239 | 169 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 1515 |
2000-01 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 64 | 458 | 785 | 685 | 417 | 402 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2864 |
2001- | 0 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 191 | 489 |
COOLING DEGREE DAYS (base 65 F) 2001 DALLAS – FORT WORTH, TX (DFW) | |||||||||||||
YEAR | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | ANNUAL |
1972 | 2 | 14 | 57 | 185 | 249 | 498 | 569 | 618 | 480 | 183 | 4 | 0 | 2859 |
1973 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 60 | 230 | 435 | 593 | 559 | 342 | 146 | 33 | 0 | 2405 |
1974 | 0 | 2 | 115 | 101 | 341 | 419 | 660 | 563 | 202 | 153 | 20 | 2 | 2578 |
1975 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 107 | 236 | 483 | 580 | 620 | 331 | 189 | 39 | 9 | 2609 |
1976 | 0 | 32 | 59 | 52 | 138 | 421 | 537 | 602 | 338 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 2251 |
1977 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 94 | 391 | 581 | 693 | 626 | 505 | 112 | 6 | 2 | 3017 |
1978 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 125 | 301 | 524 | 733 | 614 | 462 | 153 | 37 | 0 | 2965 |
1979 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 67 | 179 | 489 | 613 | 551 | 366 | 220 | 14 | 0 | 2509 |
1980 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 52 | 320 | 668 | 844 | 737 | 485 | 117 | 35 | 10 | 3279 |
1981 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 158 | 200 | 467 | 654 | 577 | 352 | 155 | 8 | 0 | 2581 |
1982 | 1 | 2 | 77 | 71 | 252 | 433 | 614 | 679 | 403 | 160 | 40 | 10 | 2742 |
1983 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 61 | 171 | 382 | 582 | 626 | 381 | 145 | 46 | 0 | 2401 |
1984 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 60 | 288 | 531 | 644 | 652 | 376 | 135 | 16 | 12 | 2734 |
1985 | 0 | 5 | 51 | 108 | 287 | 460 | 608 | 706 | 408 | 139 | 29 | 0 | 2801 |
1986 | 0 | 19 | 24 | 112 | 212 | 480 | 673 | 578 | 464 | 91 | 3 | 0 | 2656 |
1987 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 114 | 318 | 442 | 576 | 674 | 370 | 111 | 23 | 0 | 2634 |
1988 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 61 | 247 | 467 | 639 | 714 | 433 | 78 | 39 | 1 | 2711 |
1989 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 154 | 297 | 393 | 561 | 542 | 314 | 208 | 52 | 0 | 2567 |
1990 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 79 | 286 | 575 | 551 | 617 | 457 | 152 | 41 | 2 | 2793 |
1991 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 115 | 335 | 484 | 624 | 550 | 324 | 174 | 14 | 5 | 2670 |
1992 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 109 | 213 | 437 | 606 | 480 | 386 | 161 | 4 | 13 | 2415 |
1993 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 75 | 223 | 507 | 697 | 701 | 406 | 115 | 20 | 4 | 2767 |
1994 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 119 | 238 | 578 | 591 | 596 | 350 | 149 | 19 | 1 | 2694 |
1995 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 67 | 271 | 456 | 641 | 643 | 374 | 132 | 6 | 12 | 2656 |
1996 | 0 | 37 | 27 | 87 | 464 | 531 | 663 | 549 | 302 | 120 | 10 | 2 | 2792 |
1997 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 24 | 181 | 423 | 622 | 566 | 461 | 163 | 3 | 0 | 2461 |
1998 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 56 | 424 | 623 | 831 | 710 | 563 | 177 | 9 | 9 | 3447 |
1999 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 134 | 282 | 520 | 662 | 785 | 425 | 181 | 63 | 9 | 3074 |
2000 | 7 | 23 | 49 | 93 | 364 | 475 | 698 | 787 | 482 | 215 | 7 | 0 | 3200 |
2001 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 134 | 293 | 465 | 682 | 624 | 300 | 86 | 39 | 13 | 2642 |
SNOWFALL (inches) 2001 DALLAS – FORT WORTH, TX (DFW) | |||||||||||||
YEAR | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | TOTAL |
1972-73 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T | 1.4 | 2.3 | T | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 |
1973-74 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T |
1974-75 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T | T | T | 3.7 | T | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 |
1975-76 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
1976-77 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.4 |
1977-78 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 13.5 | T | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.6 |
1978-79 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 |
1979-80 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 |
1980-81 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T | T | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T |
1981-82 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | T | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
1982-83 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T | T | T | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T |
1983-84 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
1984-85 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.1 |
1985-86 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
1986-87 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | T | T | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 |
1987-88 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T | 0.8 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 |
1988-89 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T | T | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.0 | T | 0.0 | 1.8 |
1989-90 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T | T | 0.0 | T |
1990-91 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
1991-92 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T |
1992-93 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T |
1993-94 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T | 0.3 | T | T | 0.1 | T | T | T | 0.0 | 0.4 |
1994-95 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T | 0.0 | T | T | T | 0.0 | T |
1995-96 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T | 0.0 | |||||||
1996-97 | T | T | |||||||||||
1997-98 | |||||||||||||
1998-99 | |||||||||||||
1999-00 | |||||||||||||
2000-01 | |||||||||||||
2001- | |||||||||||||
POR=42 YRS | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | T | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | T | T | 0.0 | 2.5 |