{"id":138335,"date":"2026-01-26T12:30:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T12:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/138335\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T12:30:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T12:30:30","slug":"dallas-fort-worth-set-daily-snowfall-record-on-sunday-beating-record-set-in-1949","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/138335\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas-Fort Worth set daily snowfall record on Sunday, beating record set in 1949"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">A record-setting amount of snow was measured at DFW International Airport on Sunday as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/weather\/2026\/01\/26\/live-updates-winter-precipitation-ends-but-bitterly-cold-weather-continues-monday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/weather\/2026\/01\/26\/live-updates-winter-precipitation-ends-but-bitterly-cold-weather-continues-monday\/\">icy precipitation continued to fall<\/a> on North Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">About 0.9 inches of snowfall blanketed the airport yesterday, setting a new daily record for January 25.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The previous record of 0.1 inches of snowfall was set Jan. 25, 1949.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Roughly 1.5 inches of snow was measured in the area on Saturday, according to weather service data.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Get the latest breaking news from North Texas and beyond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-10 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">DFW airport is where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/curious-texas\/2019\/02\/27\/why-are-official-weather-records-taken-at-dfw-airport-curious-texas-heads-out-to-the-runway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/curious-texas\/2019\/02\/27\/why-are-official-weather-records-taken-at-dfw-airport-curious-texas-heads-out-to-the-runway\/\">official weather records<\/a> for the region are compiled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">An extreme cold warning was set to last until 9 a.m. Tuesday but no additional snow or wintry precipitation was in the 7-day forecast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">This reporting is part of the Future of North Texas, a community-funded journalism initiative supported by the Commit Partnership, Communities Foundation of Texas, The Dallas Foundation, the Dallas Mavericks, the Dallas Regional Chamber, Deedie Rose, Lisa and Charles Siegel, the McCune-Losinger Family Fund, The Meadows Foundation, the Perot Foundation, the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas and the University of Texas at Dallas. 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