North Texas could see near-record high temperatures on Saturday, but the forecasted 84 degree weather isn鈥檛 unusual for February.
Monique Sellers, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Fort Worth, said fluctuations like this are normal.
Last February the NWS recorded a high of 96 degrees on Feb. 25, 1904, and last year temperatures reached 94 degrees on Feb. 26.
"You start to think of February still as a winter month, and technically it still is,鈥� she said. 鈥淏ut down in Texas, winter has kind of a wide spread for what you can see.鈥�
The area could see a roughly 30-degree drop in temperatures into Sunday as a cold front moves north. Sunday鈥檚 high is forecasted around 54 degrees.
鈥淔ebruary in particular and March begins to feel like a transition month,鈥� Sellers said. 鈥淵ou see those cold fronts come through every once in a while, drop temperatures down.鈥�
She said the recent warm weather doesn鈥檛 mean the area will experience a wetter or dryer spring.
"This is very much just in line with how climate actually works,鈥� she said.
Olla Mokhtar is 四虎影院鈥檚 news intern. Got a tip? Email Olla at omokhtar@kera.org.
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