DFW Airport reported 3.0 inches of snowfall As of 6:29pm 12/24/09, DFW Airport recorded 2.3 inches of snowfall, far exceeding the previous record for this date of a trace. Snowfall is starting to end across the metroplex and should be over by 9 to 10pm in all areas. Temperatures are forecast to drop to the low 20s across the region so any ice or snow accumulations in place now, will persist all night until Christmas day. Temps on Christmas day will rise above freezing in the afternoon, allowing the snow/ice to mostly melt off.
Road conditions around the region are in horrible shape. Numerous roads to our north and west have been closed including I-35 through most of Oklahoma. In fact, all interstates in the Oklahoma City metro area have been shut down for most of the afternoon.
I will send more complete updates after the snowfall ends and additional weather reports come in… Below is most recent daily climate report from DFW Airport:
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
629 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
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...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 24 2009...
VALID TODAY AS OF 600 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1898 TO 2009
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 53 113 AM 88 1955 55 -2 57
MINIMUM 29 626 PM 7 1983 35 -6 39
AVERAGE 41
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.42 1.41 1975 0.08 0.34 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 1.49 2.04 -0.55 0.12
SINCE DEC 1 1.49 2.04 -0.55 0.12
SINCE JAN 1 40.53 34.20 6.33 26.95
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 2.3 R T 2002 0.0 2.3 0.0
1975
1943
MONTH TO DATE 2.3 T 2.3 T
SINCE DEC 1 2.3 T 2.3 T
SINCE JUL 1 2.3 0.2 2.1 T
SNOW DEPTH 0
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 38 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 46 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 20.4
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THE DALLAS FORT WORTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 78 1934
1922
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 6 1983
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
DECEMBER 24 2009......SUNRISE 728 AM CST SUNSET 527 PM CST
DECEMBER 25 2009......SUNRISE 729 AM CST SUNSET 528 PM CST
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
Update as of 7:49pm: DFW Airport now reports 3.0 inches of snowfall so far today:
...Record daily maximum snowfall set at Dallas/Fort Worth... A record snowfall of 3.0 inches was set at dfw Airport today. This is the first measurable snowfall on record for Christmas eve. Trace snowfall amounts were previously recorded on December 24 in 1924... 1926...1943...1975...and 2002.
