March 2026 is officially the warmest March on record in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with an average temperature of 67.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
The new record breaks the previous mark set in 1907, when the average stood at 66.7 degrees, according to the FOX 4 Weather team.
The record was driven by several days of unusually warm weather, including multiple days with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s and a peak of 95 degrees. The monthly average is determined by combining each day’s high and low temperatures.
FOX 4 Weather Meteorologist Berkeley Taylor commented on the record, saying, “I feel like we’ve been saying this every time, but it doesn’t feel like this March has all that atypical, but clearly I’m wrong because it is the warmest one we’ve ever seen and we have over 100 years of records.”
The Weather Channel reported that Dallas was among dozens of cities across the southern and western United States that set new March temperature records this year.
As residents and forecasters look ahead to the summer months following the record-warm March, the National Weather Service Central Region Climate Outlook indicates a warm and dry pattern is favored for April through June 2026 across much of the Plains, including North Texas. The outlook notes that above-normal temperatures are favored for nearly the entire central U.S., with dry conditions expected to persist or develop over portions of the Plains.
The Old Farmer’s Almanac 2026 long-range forecast for Dallas states that “Summer will be hot, with the hottest periods in early and mid-June, mid-July, and late August,” while also calling for above-normal rainfall. NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center further notes that El Niño conditions are likely to emerge by June–August 2026 with a 62% probability.