Dallas faces heavy rain Friday

Dallas residents should prepare for a wet and cool Friday, October 30, 2026. The National Weather Service and AccuWeather project a high of 73 degrees Fahrenheit and an 80 percent chance of rain throughout the day.

Cloud cover is expected to persist from sunrise to sunset. Wind gusts may reach 5.59 miles per hour during the daytime hours. The perceived temperature, or feels like value, will match the actual air temperature at a high of 73 degrees Fahrenheit and a low of 73 degrees Fahrenheit.

Conditions will deteriorate slightly after dark. The overnight low is forecast to drop to 61 degrees Fahrenheit. The probability of precipitation increases to 84 percent during the evening hours. Wind speeds are expected to slow to approximately 4.35 miles per hour as night falls.

Daylight in the Dallas area begins at 7:43 a.m. The sun sets at 6:38 p.m., providing 11 hours of illumination. This shortens the period of dry daylight before the evening rain arrives.

Saturday brings continued overcast skies and scattered showers. Temperatures will range between 61 and 72 degrees Fahrenheit. Morning precipitation chances stand at 84 percent, dropping to 8 percent in the afternoon before rising back to 84 percent at night.

Long range data indicates that October is one of the wettest months in Dallas. The probability of rain on any given day in April and October exceeds 26 percent. May remains the wettest month, averaging 11 days with at least 1 millimeter of precipitation. The dry season spans 5.5 months, running from October 23 through April 9.