North Texans can expect a cooler-than-normal holiday weekend, thanks to a rare July cold front.
Such fronts are rare during the summer because temperatures typically are too hot for cooler air to push its way into the region. That’s especially true in July, when the Dallas-Fort Worth area generally sees its first triple-digit temperatures of the year.
The cold front is expected to move in Friday and bring with it a chance for rain. Highs on Friday will be in the mid- to upper 80s — as much as 10 degrees below normal for this time of year, according to KXAS-TV (NBC5) chief meteorologist Rick Mitchell.
Highs over the holiday weekend itself will are expected to reach the low 90s as the cold front pushes south toward Austin and San Antonio.
“So compared to what some Fourth of Julys have been like, this one will actually be fairly decent,” Mitchell said.
NBC5 puts the chance for storms at around 20% for Sunday. Any that do pass through would clear out by mid-to-late evening, Mitchell said.
