{"id":453176,"date":"2025-12-17T12:15:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T12:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/453176\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T12:15:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T12:15:14","slug":"heres-how-dallas-fort-worths-warm-christmas-forecast-compares-to-recent-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/453176\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s how Dallas-Fort Worth\u2019s warm Christmas forecast compares to recent years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">This Christmas is unlikely to resemble a winter wonderland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Toasty and dry conditions are expected to persist for the coming weeks in Dallas-Fort Worth, according to the Climate Prediction Center, a part of the National Weather Service. And it\u2019s not just North Texas that will be seeing the impact \u2014 almost all of the continental United States is expected to get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/weather\/2025\/12\/12\/warm-winter-days-ahead-for-dallas-fort-worth-all-the-way-through-christmas\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/weather\/2025\/12\/12\/warm-winter-days-ahead-for-dallas-fort-worth-all-the-way-through-christmas\/\">warmer than normal temperatures this Christmas<\/a>. Only New England is expected to be spared a toasty holiday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">For the period from Dec. 23-29, much of Texas and Oklahoma have a 90%-100% chance of above normal temperatures.<b> <\/b>But notably, the center\u2019s forecasts don\u2019t speak to just how far above normal the temperature will be, merely whether conditions are expected to be above, below or near normal. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/curious-texas\/2019\/02\/27\/why-are-official-weather-records-taken-at-dfw-airport-curious-texas-heads-out-to-the-runway\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/curious-texas\/2019\/02\/27\/why-are-official-weather-records-taken-at-dfw-airport-curious-texas-heads-out-to-the-runway\/\">DFW International Airport<\/a>, the \u201cnormal\u201d high for late December is 56 degrees. The normal temperatures are calculated using 30-year averages of weather data collected between 1991-2020. While detailed forecasts for the end of the month aren\u2019t available yet, North Texas is predicted to have highs in the low-70s early next week, about 15 degrees above normal.<\/p>\n<p>D-FW Weather Wise<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">From snow to 100-degree heat, we&#8217;ve got you covered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-10 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">This year isn\u2019t the only one in recent memory that\u2019s been hotter than we\u2019d expect. In fact, only three out of the last 10 years have had temperatures near or below normal when looking at the second half of December. Several years have had an average temperature around 60 degrees for the end of the month, but a few have jumped even higher.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">2021 was the hottest December on record in Dallas-Fort Worth, according to data from the National Weather Service. The latter half of the month was no different, when the average temperature was almost 73 degrees. Last year was also quite toasty, with an average late December high of 66 degrees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Forecasters don\u2019t have a clear idea of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/weather\/2025\/12\/12\/warm-winter-days-ahead-for-dallas-fort-worth-all-the-way-through-christmas\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/weather\/2025\/12\/12\/warm-winter-days-ahead-for-dallas-fort-worth-all-the-way-through-christmas\/\">when chilly days will return<\/a>, but if the winter of 2021-2022 is to be any indication, average temperatures were much closer to normal in January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This Christmas is unlikely to resemble a winter wonderland. 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