Summer temperatures will be near-normal in North Texas for the first half of this week, a welcome relief from the impressively high temperatures the area has experienced for much of the season.
A cold front pushed its way through the Metroplex on Sunday, bringing scattered showers and thunderstorms across the area. The National Weather Service recorded trace amounts of rain in Dallas-Fort Worth.
“The heaviest rain was down to our south for areas from Waco eastward down through Limestone, Free Stone, and Anderson County,” said Matt Stalley, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Fort Worth, in a phone interview.
Waco received 0.34 inches of rain, ending a 56-day streak of no precipitation from July 2 to August 26. It was the longest dry streak on record for the city.
However, the minimal amount of rainfall in the metroplex area did little to mitigate the drought across the region, Stalley told The Dallas Express. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor report last week, 62.1% of Texas is in severe drought conditions or worse.
In the wake of the cold front, near-seasonal temperatures will linger across the metroplex through the midweek. High temperatures are expected to range in the mid-to-high 90s, while overnight lows will drop into the mid-70s.
Rain is not expected for the north Texas region, with all shower and thunderstorm chances remaining south of the area.
Triple-digit temperatures will return by late this week into the weekend, according to meteorologists.
“If we don’t hit triple digits on Thursday, it will probably be about 98 or 99 for a high, and then by Friday through the weekend,” said Stalley.
Although it is difficult to predict exactly when the 100+ degree temperatures will end, Stalley said it will likely occur sometime next month.
“It’s typically sometime in September. It’s hard to tell. It will likely be sometime in the middle to the latter part of next month,” said Stalley.
