{"id":664464,"date":"2026-03-18T13:13:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/664464\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T13:13:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:13:21","slug":"why-are-north-texas-springs-summers-hotter-and-earlier-every-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/664464\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are North Texas springs, summers hotter and earlier every year?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As climate change continues to reshape the environment and our lives, another place its impact can be found is in the earlier arrival of summer heat in North Texas.<\/p>\n

Allison Prater, a meteorologist with the weather service, said since record-keeping began in 1899, the average arrival of the first 90-degree day at DFW International Airport is April 18. However, trends from the last decade prove earlier start dates year-after-year.<\/p>\n

Part of a larger set, this data also tracks the first 95-degree day and 100-degree day, as well as how many triple-digit days the region sees each year. Typically, the 95-degree day arrives in May or June while the first 100-degree day is in late June or July.<\/p>\n

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But why is this happening? <\/p>\n

On the whole, all seasons are getting warmer faster. A recent analysis from Climate Central<\/a>, a climate education nonprofit, found the average temperature of spring in D-FW is 3.5 degrees higher than in 1970, primarily caused by climate change. Although 3.5 degrees may not seem like a large increase, it encompasses more significant variations at the extreme end of the spectrum. This can result in record-setting heat waves, droughts and floods as extreme weather becomes more intense and more common.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s not just North Texas; human-caused climate change is the leading driver of spring warming in 98% of the cities the report analyzed, including Amarillo, El Paso, Houston, San Antonio and Tyler.<\/p>\n

Human-caused climate change stems primarily from burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and methane gas, which creates heat-trapping pollution in the atmosphere. That activity has been the primary force reshaping our climate, but other sources of natural variability, like the El Ni\u00f1o Southern Oscillation<\/a>, can also have an impact. <\/p>\n

Warmer and earlier springs can prolong seasonal allergies<\/a> and intensify wildfire risk. A 2024 report from the Office of the Texas State Climatologist<\/a> examined future trends of extreme weather in Texas, noting wildfire season is likely to lengthen. Hotter conditions are expected to dry out grasses faster, making wildfires a growing threat for Texans \u2013 particularly in the spring, when fast-spreading wildfires are most common.<\/p>\n

So when is the first day of 90-degree weather this year? <\/p>\n

This weekend could bring Dallas-Fort Worth its first 90-degree day of 2026.<\/p>\n

After a warmer-than-usual winter, the first few weeks of spring have been similarly toasty, with an average high 10 degrees above normal. A brief, intense cold front<\/a> interrupted the pattern, but the heat is quickly reasserting itself.<\/p>\n

The metro is expected to hit the low 90s on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, according to the National Weather Service\u2019s Fort Worth office<\/a> \u2013 earlier than usual.<\/p>\n

Broadly, the warmer-than-normal conditions are expected to continue. The Climate Prediction Center, part of the weather service, forecasts above-normal temperatures<\/a> through the end of May. However, Prater noted cold snaps and periods with cooler-than-usual temperatures could still occur. <\/p>\n

The average temperature is projected to be above normal, she said, but weather variability remains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As climate change continues to reshape the environment and our lives, another place its impact can be found…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":664465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,285,13343,7712,746,7371,7372,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,313],"class_list":{"0":"post-664464","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-climate-change","10":"tag-daily-weather-forecast","11":"tag-dallas-fortworth","12":"tag-environment","13":"tag-fort-worth","14":"tag-fortworth","15":"tag-texas","16":"tag-tx","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa","23":"tag-weather"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}