After a warm and sunny Fort Worth Christmas, a cold front comes to end the year

Christmas in Fort Worth was a tie for the second-hottest on record. Jack Frost heard, and he’s coming to town.

The Fort Worth National Weather Service predicts a cold front with possible storms late this weekend after this week of above-normal temperatures.

Friday, Dec. 26 will be the second-hottest Dec. 26 since 2008 with a high temperature of 84. Saturday will continue the trend with a high of 81.

Though Sunday during the day may seem warm, “big changes arrive by late Sunday afternoon/evening as a ‘Blue Norther’-type cold front races southward across the region,” according to the NWS forecaster discussion.

Here’s what to expect in the upcoming cold front.

Freezing temperatures in Fort Worth

By Sunday evening, the NWS predicts temperatures will drop 40 to 50 degrees.

“Temps look to drop from Sunday afternoon’s highs in the 70s/80s down to Monday morning’s lows in the upper 20s/30s,” said the forecaster’s discussion.

The cold front will also bring scattered showers, maybe even a thunderstorm, east of the 1-35 corridor, plus gusty winds behind the front.

Sunday night has a low of 34 degrees. While Monday will reach freezing temperatures with a low of 27 and high of 46.

Monday, Dec. 29 is predicted to be the coldest day of the week.

Will it stay cold in Fort Worth?

The remainder of the week stays cold, but not freezing.

As we inch closer to January and February, Fort Worth can expect less sunny days.

According to the NWS winter forecast, which covers December 2025 until February 2026, it shows weak La Niña conditions will transition into neutral conditions, also known as El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO).

ENSO conditions would bring greater chances of precipitation later into winter.

There hasn’t been a North Texas winter without some kind of precipitation since the NWS started recording temperatures. So they are sure at least one winter weather event will occur.

What they are unsure of is the number and intensity of weather events. Also, it is hard to predict whether temperatures and precipitation will deviate from their normal.

New Year’s Fort Worth weather

Tuesday and Wednesday are predicted to be partly sunny and cold.

Tuesday has a high of 51 with a low of 33.

Wednesday, New Year’s Eve, is predicted to have a high of 59, with a low of 38. The New Year’s Day forecast shows partly sunny with a high near 63.