Snow on Christmas is not common in North Texas, with only a few recorded instances.
According to the National Weather Service website, the “earliest record” of snow on Christmas Day in Dallas was in 1841, when “soldiers chased a bear through 6 inches of snow.” The source of that report is unknown.
While it's unlikely that we'll see snow in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in 2023, let's take a look back at the region's Christmas snow history. dallas morning newArchive materials and information from the National Weather Service in Fort Worth. This list does not include instances where it snowed before or after Christmas Day.
On December 25, 1914, “traces” of snow were reported in Dallas and Fort Worth, with a mix of rain and snow, and “some blizzard,” according to the National Weather Service.
A newspaper clipping from December 26, 1914 shows that some people in the city were hoping for a “unusual experience of a white Christmas,'' but that the “blizzard did not last long'' on Christmas day. It was written down.
“It was as if a cheerful Canadian cloud had wandered across the border and suddenly returned to its original form, making the ensuing damp, cold, cloudy weather even more depressing,” the article said.
According to a clip from news In 1926, Dallas residents finally got a picturesque snowy day for Christmas. The caption on the clip photo read: “On Saturday, adults turned into children to celebrate a snowy Christmas in Dallas. Top left, a snowball fight; top right, a young man taking a snapshot of his girlfriend holding up a pile of snow as a bouquet. At the bottom, on the left, a small boy is teaching his mother how to complete a snowman, while on the right is a view of one of the small streams in Highland Park on Christmas morning.
According to the National Weather Service, 6 inches of snow was reported in Dallas and Collin counties. Dallas reportedly received 6.3 inches of snow on Christmas Day.
“By Christmas Day afternoon, most of the snow had disappeared,” the NWS website states.
Article from December 26, 1975 news The headline, “The area misses Christmas snow the most,'' said that many residents in the city were “snuggling so tightly in their beds that they didn't notice'' their first white Christmas in nearly 50 years.
“However, the flakes melted as they fell and did not accumulate,” the article said.
The National Weather Service's website noted that “much of the snow” in the Dallas-Fort Worth area melted before hitting the ground, but also said that “a severe storm was reported at DFW Airport,” with less than an inch of snow accumulating at the airport. He said it was less than that.
On December 25, 2012, a “strong upper-level system and cold front” brought hail and “winter weather events including snow and sleet” to Dallas-Fort Worth, according to NWS-Fort Worth.
“The heaviest snowfall was in western Denton and Collin counties, where 4 to 6 inches of snow fell,” the NWS Fort Worth website states.
Article from December 26th news The article, headlined “White Christmas, but also dangerous'', described how “continuing snowfall'' had “become dangerously slippery conditions'' in the area.report of news The next day, it described how the winter storm canceled more than 400 flights and left “approximately 1,000 travelers stranded on Christmas night” at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
North Texas residents were also photographed enjoying a snowy Christmas Day, despite some treacherous road conditions caused by snow this year.
