It was one for the record books when storms rolled through Dallas-Fort Worth Wednesday night into Thursday morning.
The storms dumped several inches of rain on North Texas, breaking back-to-back daily accumulation records at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. Plus, the airport recorded its second-highest 24-hour precipitation total during January.
A record rainfall of 2.8 inches was measured at DFW Airport on Wednesday, Jan. 28, and then the record was broken again on Thursday, Jan. 29, with 1.33 inches of rain. This shattered the previous records of 0.93 inches in 1999 for Wednesday and 1.24 inches in 1982 for Thursday.
This also was the first time back-to-back precipitation records were broken since Aug. 21 to 22, 2022.
On top of that, the 24-hour total precipitation record for January was nearly broken. A total 4.1 inches of rain was recorded at the airport over 24 hours. That fell shy of the all-time record of 4.27 inches of rain, which fell Jan. 24 to 25, 2012. The third-highest amount was 3.46 inches, which fell Jan. 30 to 31, 2002.
When it was all said and done, 4.13 inches of rain fell over a 31-hour period at DFW Airport, forecasters said.
Of course, the airport wasn’t the only spot to experience the deluge. From North Central Texas into Northeast Texas, rainfall amounts were 4 to 7 inches, according to the National Weather Service in Fort Worth. This led to instances of flash flooding throughout the region.
The areas that got the most rain included northern Ellis County, Dallas County, Rockwall County, Collin County and Hunt County, according to reporting by FOX 4.
Fortunately, all of this rain will be followed by a stretch of quiet, warm and dry weather across the state over the next several days.
