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  • White Christmas forecast for North Texas? We last saw snow on Dec. 25 in 2012

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    Neighborhood friends Annabelle, 10, and Vivian Gonzalez, 12, and Erin Kate Ketterick, 13, hug their snowman they named ‘Tiny Tim’ after building him at their neighborhood park in southwest Fort Worth on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025.

    Neighborhood friends Annabelle, 10, and Vivian Gonzalez, 12, and Erin Kate Ketterick, 13, hug their snowman they named ‘Tiny Tim’ after building him at their neighborhood park in southwest Fort Worth on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025.

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    It’s been 13 years since Fort Worth saw snow on Christmas — Dec. 25, 2012, “started out a dreary gray across North Texas, but by midafternoon it was decidedly white,” the Star-Telegram reported.

    It was also frigid: Morning lows were around 17 with wind chills of 1 to 6 degrees.

    Snow starts to accumulate in downtown Fort Worth on Tuesday, December 25, 2012. (Star-Telegram/Khampha Bouaphanh)
    Snow starts to accumulate in downtown Fort Worth on Tuesday, December 25, 2012. (Star-Telegram/Khampha Bouaphanh) Khampha Bouaphanh Khampha Bouaphanh

    This year, some North Texans may be playing Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas,” but they shouldn’t expect the lyrics to come true.

    Heading into Christmas week, above-normal temperatures will be in the forecast, according to the National Weather Service Fort Worth. It may be 20 degrees warming than normal for this time of year, as the typical highs for the end of December are 56 to 57 degrees, per NWS climate data.

    How warm will it be on Christmas in North Texas?

    On Monday, Dec. 22, temperatures will be in the mid-70s, followed by the upper 70s on Tuesday, Dec. 23. Christmas Eve will be in the same upper 70s boat.

    For Christmas Day, temperatures will be in the upper 70s, according to the NWS. In addition to the warm weather, sunny skies will be overhead with no rain in sight.

    🔥 In case you missed it…

    Fort Worth forecast for the week before Christmas

    Here’s a look at daily highs in North Texas over the next seven days:

    • Friday, Dec. 19: 64 degrees
    • Saturday, Dec. 20: 77 degrees
    • Sunday, Dec. 21: 62 degrees
    • Monday, Dec. 22: 74 degrees
    • Tuesday, Dec. 23: 78 degrees
    • Wednesday, Dec. 24: 77 degrees
    • Thursday, Dec. 25: 78 degrees

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    Brayden Garcia

    Fort Worth Star-Telegram

    Brayden Garcia is a service journalism reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He is part of a team of local journalists who answer reader questions and write about life in North Texas. Brayden mainly writes about weather and all things Taylor Sheridan-related.

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