DFW dry streak continues, but rain could be on the way

With Sunday’s dry conditions North Texas achieved another weather superlative.

Dallas-Fort Worth has now gone 39 consecutive days without rain, tying it for fourth all-time, according to the National Weather Service in Fort Worth.

DFW is expected to be dry again Monday and Tuesday, but the streak could be in jeopardy after that as a cold front moves into the region.

“The best chances will be Wednesday afternoon and evening,” meteorologist Matt Stalley of the NWS office in Fort Worth said Sunday. “And some of that rain might still be around on Thursday.”

There’s a 50 percent chance of rain Wednesday afternoon, increasing to 60 percent overnight.

High temperatures Monday and Tuesday will remain in the mid-to-upper 90s, which is quite a contrast from a week ago, when it soared to 106 degrees.

Wednesday’s high should be about 88, and temperatures are expected to creep back into the 90s on Thursday.

While it’s dry here, conditions are even worse in Waco, which has gone 47 days without rain. That ties the longest rainless streak in Waco’s history, set in 1918.

This story was originally published August 16, 2015 at 11:20 AM with the headline "DFW dry streak continues, but rain could be on the way."