In the Panhandle region of North Texas, there is A small town freezes more times a year than Chicago, Illinois, Where low temperatures are more frequent. A combination of factors makes it one of the coldest places in the Lone Star State.
This is a town Dalhart, a small Texas city with a population of 8,447in the far northwest of the state.
Its location, low humidity and height above sea levelmaking this region a place that experiences a sharp drop in temperature, reaching freezing point more than a third of the year.
Report on San Antonio Express News Highlight that Dalhart records an average of 132 days per year With temperatures not less than zero degrees Celsius.
That’s more than Chicago, IllinoisWhich has recorded an average of 118 days with subzero temperatures since 2000.
Dalhart residents aren’t the only Texans with record cold temperatures, with two other cities also reporting cold temperatures They also have more than 100 days a year with temperatures below freezing.
It’s about to Perryton, which recorded about 121 days a year with these conditions, and AmarilloWhich reached 104 days.
Current projections do not place these cities at the center of the scene. Although the Texas Panhandle region experiences subzero temperatures As of this morning, Tuesday, November 11, though, the cities are the hardest hit
The cold reached far south and east, where Sherman saw temperatures in the 100s 28°F (about -2°C)In Denton where he was registered 27°F (-3°C) And in Fort Worth where he came from 30°F (-1°C).
Other cities in East Texas, e.g Tyler, Longview and LufkinIt also witnessed freezing temperatures.
To the south, Kerrville recorded temperatures of 30°F (-1°C) and Fredericksburg reached 32°F (0°C).
The capital, Austin, recorded temperatures of 39°F (4°C)above the freezing point, like San Antonio, where it was a minimum 41°F (5°C).
The least frozen areas of Texas are located along the coastSubzero temperatures are a rare phenomenon, due to the high humidity and low elevation of the region.
In Houston, located slightly inland, there is an average of nine days a year with temperatures below 0°Cwhile in Galveston this number is reduced to about two days per year.
To the south, in cities like Brownsville, Port Lavaca, and South Padre Island, Thermometers rarely drop below zero.
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