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.
North Texas will see a warm-up on Wednesday, Feb. 25.
Daily highs are expected to stick around the low 80s Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service Fort Worth. Skies will be sunny and rain-free.
A combination of dry and breezy conditions will lead to an elevated fire threat primarily across areas west of Interstate 35 on Wednesday.
Beyond that, North Texans can expect a warm day. Overnight temperatures will be in the mid-50s with mostly clear skies overhead.
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.
Storm clouds roll into downtown Fort Worth on Tuesday, May 28, 2024.
Amanda McCoy
amccoy@star-telegram.com
Fort Worth
North Texas is in store for a stormy Valentine’s Day weekend.
A storm system will arrive in the region on Friday, Feb. 13, with rain potentially developing in the late afternoon and early evening hours, according to the National Weather Service Fort Worth.
More widespread showers and thunderstorms are expected late Friday through most of Saturday, Feb. 14.
Small hail and gusty winds will be possible Saturday with isolated strong storms. However, the threat for severe weather is low, according to the NWS. Most likely rainfall totals this weekend will range from 0.5 to 1.5 inches.
All rain will exit the region by early Sunday, Feb. 15.
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.
Pedestrians walk in downtown Fort Worth after temperatures plunged below freezing on Dec. 22, 2022.
Amanda McCoy
amccoy@star-telegram.com
Fort Worth
A couple of cold fronts will freeze North Texas this week.
Conditions will be cool and cloudy on Monday, Jan. 12, according to the National Weather Service Fort Worth. Similar temperatures will be in store on Tuesday, Jan. 13, with partly sunny skies.
The high on Wednesday, Jan. 14, will be in the low 60s as a cold front arrives in the region, according to the forecast. Temperatures will drop into the low 30s overnight into Thursday, Jan. 15.
Daily highs Thursday will be in the mid-50s with overnight lows in the upper 30s, according to the NWS. Temperatures will be in the upper 50s on Friday, Jan. 16, as another cold front arrives during the day.
Temperatures will be in the mid-50s on Saturday, Jan. 17, with overnight lows right around freezing. Daily highs on Sunday, Jan. 18, will warm slightly to the low 60s.
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Is there rain in the forecast?
No, not for North Texas.
There are low rain chances for southern Central Texas on Tuesday, according to the NWS. Beyond that, conditions will be dry in both regions.
North Texas weekly temperature outlook
Here’s a look at the next seven days of highs in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex:
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.
Aloe grows in the ground in a protected location in a warm part of Texas.
Neil Sperry
Special to the Star-Telegram
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.
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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?
“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.”
Tiffani is a service journalism reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. She is part of a team of local journalists who answer reader questions about life in North Texas. Tiffani mainly writes about Texas laws and health news.
Nathaniel Robertson walks back to his car after fishing and braving the triple-digit warmth as the sun sets over Lake Pflugerville, Texas, on June 26, 2023.
Ricardo B. Brazziell
Ricardo B. Brazziell / USA TODAY
Fort Worth
Parts of North Texas are under elevated fire weather conditions this week.
The Texas Division of Emergency Management released a fire weather outlook on Monday, Dec. 29, for the state. Parts of North Texas, including Dallas and Fort Worth, are under an elevated risk as temperatures increase and skies remain dry this week.
Temperatures will climb into the mid-60s on New Year’s Eve and into the low 70s on New Year’s Day, according to the National Weather Service Fort Worth. No rain is in the forecast this week or weekend.
Since there’s elevated fire weather conditions this week, the TDEM is asking Texans to have their disaster supply kit ready in the event of an emergency. Here’s what to know.
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What should be in a disaster kit?
In addition to the TDEM, the Texas Department of State Health Services also recommends having a disaster supply kit handy.
There are multiple different sections of items recommended for the supply kit, including:
Food and water: Three-day supply of non-perishable food, one gallon of water, manual can opener, baby items (food, formula, bottles, diapers) and pet supplies (food, medications, vaccination record).
First aid: First aid kit, medications, hand sanitizer, bleach, paper and plastic products (toilet paper, paper towels, trash bags), dental products (toothpaste, toothbrush), hearing and vision products (glasses, hearing aids, contact lenses), soap, sunscreen and face masks.
Communication and lighting: Battery-powered radio, extra cell phone battery or charger, flashlights, batteries, matches and lighter, whistle and emergency documents (photo identification, medical records, phone numbers, bank information).
Car supplies: Road maps, repair items (tools, spare tire, oil, tire patch kit) and rain gear.
Sheltering in place items: Smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detector, fire extinguisher, plastic sheeting and duct tape.
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.
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.
Chris Torres
ctorres@star-telegram.com
Fort Worth
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) 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.
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Fort Worth forecast for the week before Christmas
Here’s a look at daily highs in North Texas over the next seven days:
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.
Jude Welch, 14, attaches the carrot nose to the snowman that he and his friends built at their neighborhood park in southwest Fort Worth on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025.
Chris Torres
ctorres@star-telegram.com
Fort Worth
North Texas will see a warming trend this weekend as temperatures rise into the upper 70s.
The Metroplex recorded its lowest temperature of the month on Monday, Dec. 15, at 28 degrees. However, temperatures will gradually increase over the week heading into the weekend.
If temperatures reach the 70s over the weekend, it will not be the first time this month. On Dec. 12, the National Weather Service Fort Worth recorded 71 degrees.
With warmer temperatures on the horizon, has this month been hotter than year’s past? Here’s what to know.
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How warm has North Texas been this December?
Through the first 15 days of the month, temperatures have fluctuated in North Texas:
40s- Three days
50s- Seven days
60s- Four days
70s- One day
The average temperature for the first 15 days of the month is 55.7 degrees.
This is a couple of degrees lower than the normal high temperature for the entire month at 57.9 degrees. However, there’s still 16 days to go in the month, so the overall average could be higher or lower, when everything is said and done.
Brothers Nixon, 5, and Nyles Pickering, 2, sled down a hill in a tube float in their neighborhood park in southwest Fort Worth on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. Chris Torres ctorres@star-telegram.com
How does December 2025 compare to years past?
This year has been colder through the first 15 days of December than the last few years, per NWS data.
Last year, the average temperature for the first 15 days was 61 degrees, followed by 65.8 degrees in 2023 and 66 degrees in 2022. In 2021, the average temperature was 72.8 degrees.
The year with the closest average temperature to 2025’s is 2020, when 59.8 degrees was the average.
The Will Rogers Memorial Center is photographed as light snow begins to fall in Fort Worth on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. Chris Torres ctorres@star-telegram.com
What kind of winter will North Texas have this year?
Drought conditions are likely to develop and/or continue this winter
Fire weather concerns will start and potentially continue through the entire season
In addition, the NWS said North Texas has never had a winter season without winter precipitation since they began keeping records in the late 1800s. It’s not if, but when.
On the flip side, here’s what the NWS is less certain of this winter:
Temperature deviations from normal, whether that be above or below
Monthly and seasonal precipitation deviations from normal, whether that be above or below
What form of precipitation may occur after switching to ENSO-Neutral
The frequency and severity of arctic outbreaks
The number and intensity of winter weather events
Sub-seasonal anomalies may reduce or reverse the warm/dry trend
While this is a snapshot of how things are expected to look in the future, subsequent weeks’ and days’ forecast will give a better look at what to expect as the date grows near, according to the NWS.
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.
According to The Old Farmer’s Almanac, the region may dodge the worst of the holiday storms expected elsewhere in the country.
Here’s what that means for travelers and families celebrating
What will North Texas weather be like on Thanksgiving?
The Old Farmer’s Almanac said the Texas region is expected to have a warm week overall, with a clear split between the north and south.
Northern areas, including Dallas-Fort Worth, should stay dry and sunny, while parts of southern Texas may see a few isolated showers.
Most travelers across North Texas can expect favorable conditions for road trips and outdoor activities.
Temperatures will feel warmer than usual for late November, creating a comfortable setup for Thanksgiving parades, football games, or family cookouts.
What’s the outlook for the rest of the West and South?
Across the West Coast and southern U.S., the almanac said heavier rainfall is expected in the southern Pacific Northwest, with scattered showers moving eastward.
Meanwhile, the Desert Southwest and Deep South, including parts of Texas, should see mild and mostly dry weather.
Overall, the Almanac’s forecast suggests a patchwork of weather patterns across the country, from chilly rain in the Pacific Northwest to cooler-than-normal temperatures in parts of the Midwest.
When is Thanksgiving this year?
Thanksgiving in the United States always falls on the fourth Thursday in November.
While those numbers aren’t perfect, the Almanac’s historical data offers a helpful early look at how the weather might shape up for major holidays.
Its forecasts are based on decades of weather data and national climate records, so while it’s not meant for pinpoint accuracy, it’s a good guide for what the season might bring.
Tiffani is a service journalism reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. She is part of a team of local journalists who answer reader questions about life in North Texas. Tiffani mainly writes about Texas laws and health news.
Storm clouds drop rain on downtown Fort Worth on Wednesday, April 30, 2025.
Amanda McCoy
amccoy@star-telegram.com
Fort Worth
North Texas is in store for another week of warm weather, along with a low chance of rain.
Daily highs will be in the low 90s on Monday, Oct. 6, and on Tuesday, Oct. 7, according to the National Weather Service Fort Worth. A weak cold front will arrive in the region Tuesday.
The front will bring about a 10-20% chance of rain to parts of the Metroplex through Tuesday into early Wednesday, Oct. 8.
However, the NWS notes that most areas will remain rain-free.
Warm weather continues
Beyond the low rain chances, warm temperatures will be the main story for the rest of the week.
Here’s a look at the next seven days of weather:
Monday, Oct. 6 – 91 degrees
Tuesday, Oct. 7 – 91 degrees, 10-20% chance of rain
Wednesday, Oct. 8 – 87 degrees, 10-20% chance of rain
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.