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January is supposed to feel crisp in North Texas, but this week’s weather feels more like spring than midwinter. Temperatures climbed into the mid 70s on Friday, Jan. 2, which is well above what the region normally sees this time of year.

Last January’s highs hovered mostly in the 50s and 60s, so the sudden warmth has been noticeable.

The jump has many people wondering why it’s happening and how long the warm stretch will last.

Here’s what to know.

How does today’s warmth compare to last January?

Meteorologist Madi Gordon with the National Weather Service in Fort Worth said this January is already shaping up much warmer than what the region saw last year.

“In January 2025, our high temperatures were mostly in the 50s, and we had some 60s in there,” she said. We did get some colder days when we had some 30s for our high temperatures, but then we did have a warmer end to the month.”

Gordon said last January’s warmest day still did not hit the 70s.

“In 2025 the highest temperature for that month was on the 30th, and we got to 69 degrees,” she said. But the year before that, in 2024, the area saw four days in the 70s, with a monthly high of 77 degrees.

With Friday’s high sitting around 75 degrees, this year is trending closer to 2024’s pattern of milder winter days.

Why is North Texas so warm right now?

Gordon said the warmth is tied to the upper atmosphere.

“What we’re going to get building back in for this next week is just high pressure in upper levels. So that means we have sinking and warming air toward the surface.”

She said another piece of the puzzle is the lack of winter storm systems over Texas.

“Most of the actual weather systems here have been kind of missing us and staying across the northern United States,” Gordon said. “We’ve just kind of had this dome of high pressure over us that’s been keeping us warm.”

Will temperatures stay this warm in Texas through January?

Gordon said It’s very likely.

“Definitely for the first half of the month, we are very likely to be above normal,” she said.

The warm signal weakens later in the month, but the trend still leans mild.

“For mid- to late January, it does look like we’re going to be less favorable for above normal,” she said. “But we’re still favored to be above right in normal temperatures for January.”

Are any weather changes coming?

There will be a short dip this weekend.

“We do have a weak front that’s going to drop us into the mid-60s Saturday and Sunday,” Gordon said. “Then next week, we will be back into the mid- and upper 70s for the first part of the week.”

Gordon said only slight rain chances show up in the near term.

“We will get some low rain chances return Wednesday and Thursday,” she said. “And we’ll get a cold front that’ll knock us down into the lower 70s for Thursday. But other than that, we’ll be dry for the next several days.”