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The National Weather Service predicts that Monday’s high of 90 degrees will bring record-breaking heat for February to North Texas. On Monday, the Dallas-Fort Worth region would typically have 63 degree temperatures. Ninety degrees was the highest temperature ever recorded for that day in 1917.
According to climate, we are “pretty much way above what’s normal for this time of year,” according to Patricia Sanchez, a Fort Worth meteorologist for the National Weather Service.”Usually, March is when we get our first day in the nineties.”
According to weather service forecasters, there is a 50–60% possibility that the Waco and Dallas–Fort Worth cities will break the 90-degree mark on Monday, and a 20–30% chance that it will remain below. According to Sanchez, forecasters are more certain that temperatures in North Texas will rise to that level.
According to Sanchez, Tuesday will be “fairly warm” as well and might surpass the previous record of 85 degrees on that particular date. The high temperature for Tuesday is predicted to be 87.
The weather service reports that there is a higher risk of grass fires on Monday and Tuesday due to the predicted hot, dry, and windy weather, especially along and west of Interstate 35. According to Sanchez, the east will have lower temperatures, while that region will get the highest temperatures.
The heat in North Texas is “abnormal.”
The heat is “abnormal” when compared to the last three decades, according to Sanchez. According to her, the anticipated high temperatures are early for North Texas, which usually occurs around mid-March.
However, the region also had a 90-degree high on February 21 of last year. Temperatures dropped to 49 degrees as a cold front passed, but they climbed up to 85 degrees the next week, according to her.
“It’s everywhere because we’re still in that winter phase when those powerful cold fronts come this far south and bring that extremely low temperature,” Sanchez explained.
Strong cold fronts that continue to move in from the north and Arctic are causing high temperatures in North Texas during the months of February and early March. She described the current weather as “kind of flip-flopping.” Cooling off after heat waves that broke records.
The weather service warned that after the heat early in the week, a cold front is predicted to move into North Texas late Tuesday into Wednesday. Sanchez stated that while there is a small probability of showers and storms, especially to the east and north, the immediate Dallas-Fort Worth area might avoid them.
The weather service says that the areas with the best possibilities of rain are east of Interstate 35 and north of Interstate 20, with a few storms potentially strengthening and producing small hail and gusts of wind.
Temperatures are predicted to be close to or below average by Thursday, and further precipitation along with the possibility of isolated thunderstorms is anticipated, according to weather service experts. “There’s a slim chance on Thursday and Thursday nights, but it won’t be something that everyone sees,” Sanchez stated.