{"id":208189,"date":"2026-03-17T11:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/208189\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T11:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:53:09","slug":"chilly-start-for-north-texas-before-temperatures-rise-into-60s-st-patricks-day-major-warmup-expected-end-of-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/208189\/","title":{"rendered":"Chilly start for North Texas before temperatures rise into 60s St. Patrick&#8217;s Day; major warmup expected end of week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another freezing start with temperatures in the 20s and 30s. A freeze warning is in place Tuesday until 9 a.m., and as a result, it is a First Alert Weather Day.<\/p>\n<p>By the afternoon, it warms up nicely into the mid-60s for St. Patrick&#8217;s Day. There is an elevated fire danger along and west of I-35 due to gusty winds up to 30 mph and low levels of relative humidity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/st-patricks-day-forecast.png#.png\" alt=\"st-patricks-day-forecast.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>After Tuesday, North Texas will see a big warm-up in the forecast. Highs rise near 80\u00b0 on Wednesday and then soar to near 90\u00b0 on Thursday as a ridge of high pressure dominates our weather pattern.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/upper-level-pattern.png#.png\" alt=\"upper-level-pattern.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>By Friday and into the weekend, highs rise and stay in the 90s, bringing DFW close to tying previous records or setting new ones. With no rain chances in the forecast and warm temperatures, it will be perfect for any outdoor or pool plans this weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773748389_160_7-day-forecast.png#.png\" alt=\"7-day-forecast.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s another freezing start with temperatures in the 20s and 30s. A freeze warning is in place Tuesday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[102,116,25414,81673,27,29,28,443],"class_list":["post-208189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-dallas","tag-fort-worth","tag-freeze-warning","tag-st-patrick039s-day","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-weather-forecast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}