The high yesterday, March 4, 2019, at DFW Airport was 32°F. This sets a new record low maximum temperature for that date, breaking the old record of 35°F set in 1960.
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DFW AREA LAKE LEVEL RISE SINCE WEEKEND RAIN EVENT
The system over the weekend brought much needed rainfall to the area. Many of the area lakes benefited from the rain. Below is a map showing the area lakes and how much of a rise they gained after the event. Belton, Cisco, and Limestone all showed the greatest gains with 5 inch increases. Lake Ray Hubbard set a new all-time record low level just before the rain event.
DFW area lake level increase since the weekend rain event. Data courtesy of the National Weather Service in Fort Worth.
RECORD SNOWFALL AND RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AT DFW
There was a trace of snowfall yesterday, Sunday, November 16th, at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. This is the first time in the 117 years that records have been kept at the official Dallas/Fort Worth site that it has snowed on November 16th.
Since records began for the official Dallas/Fort Worth site back in 1898, there have been 9 days of the month of November that have never reported snow: November 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 10th, 12th, 17th, and 18th.
The all-time record snowfall for any November day stands at 5.0 inches set on November 22, 1937.
The high temperature Sunday, November 16th at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport was 40°F. This ties the record coldest high temperature for November 16th, previously set in 1935.
DFW CLIMATE
For the past three consecutive days DFW Airport has had temperatures stay at or below 40°F. This has only occurred once during the month of November in all weather recorded history, and that was in November of 1976.