Midlothian, TX Weather

Ellis County1:16 PM CDT32.48°N, 96.99°WElevation 755 ft
Air Quality Alert until 6:30 PM Wed

Current conditions

Clear
75°
Clear
Feels like 74°
High 80°·Low 56°
WindCalm
Humidity36%
Dew point46°
Pressure30.23 inHg
Visibility10.0 mi
Cloud cover3%
UV index7 High
Sunrise7:37 AM
Sunset6:50 PM

Observed at Midlothian/Waxahachie, Mid-Way Regional Airport · 41 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • This Afternoon

    Sunny, with a high near 80. East southeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Tonight

    Mostly clear, with a low around 56. East southeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Thursday

    Sunny, with a high near 81. East wind 0 to 5 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 2 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 76°
  2. 2 PM Sunny 78°
  3. 3 PM Sunny 79°
  4. 4 PM Sunny 80°
  5. 5 PM Sunny 79°
  6. 6 PM Mostly Clear 78°
  7. 7 PM Mostly Clear 74°
  8. 8 PM Clear 68°
  9. 9 PM Mostly Clear 66°
  10. 10 PM Mostly Clear 64°
  11. 11 PM Mostly Clear 64°
  12. Thu12 AM Clear 63°
  13. 1 AM Clear 62°
  14. 2 AM Mostly Clear 60°
  15. 3 AM Mostly Clear 59°
  16. 4 AM Mostly Clear 57°
  17. 5 AM Clear 57°
  18. 6 AM Sunny 57°
  19. 7 AM Sunny 56°
  20. 8 AM Sunny 57°
  21. 9 AM Sunny 61°
  22. 10 AM Sunny 67°
  23. 11 AM Sunny 72°
  24. 12 PM Sunny 76°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 21 Sunny Sunny56°80°
  2. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny57°81°
  3. FriOct 23 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny58°83°
  4. SatOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny57°83°
  5. SunOct 25 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny56°79°
  6. MonOct 26 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny24%59°79°
  7. TueOct 27 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers32%53°73°
  8. WedOct 28 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny65°84°
  9. ThuOct 29 Heavy showers Heavy showers0.29 in65°83°
  10. FriOct 30 Cloudy Cloudy60°71°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

78
Moderate
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Forecast

  • WedUnhealthy for Sensitive Groups Action day
  • ThuUnhealthy for Sensitive Groups
  • FriUnhealthy for Sensitive Groups

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:37 AM
Sunset 6:50 PM
Daylight 11 h 12 min (−1 min 52 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 79% lit
Moonrise 4:13 PM Moonset 3:00 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low77° / 55°
Record high93° (2023)
Record low40° (1999)
Wettest1.63 in (2009)
Month to date1.90 in (normal 2.94 in)

Arlington Municipal Ap, records since 1997. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in FWD, issued 7 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Quiet weather will continue through this week, with steadily warming temperatures through the end of the week.

Short Term

(Today and tonight) Issued at 1219 AM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

Quiet weather will persist the rest of this week as North and Central Texas remain planted underneath an upper ridge and its subsident airmass. Persistently E-ESE winds and resultant upslope flow will temper the expected warming trend, with afternoon highs remaining in the upper 70s to mid 80s and overnight lows primarily in the 50s through the rest of the week. Over late week, a closed upper low will move onshore the southwestern CONUS, becoming enveloped within the more progressive northern stream flow. The lagging southern shortwave trough will remain draped across the southwest CONUS heading into the weekend, which will play more of a role in the long term discussion below.

Long Term

(Thursday through Tuesday) Issued at 1219 AM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

Over the weekend into early next week, the lagging southwestern shortwave will meander towards the Four Corners, eventually becoming enveloped within a larger digging trough as it moves east towards the Great Lakes. In response, increased moisture advection will spread across west Texas, leading to returning rain chances to our west. This upper-level movement will shunt the Southern Plains ridge further east and south, setting the stage for a pattern shift. As the main trough pushes east, multiple disturbances are expected to round the base and move across the Plains, promoting both a frontal passage and the return of rain chances during first half of next week. Both the GFS and ECMWF deterministic models have FROPA between somewhere around late Monday or Tuesday, but exact timing remains uncertain this far out. Continue to keep updated with the forecast through the rest of this week as more refined details will become clearer closer in time.

Aviation

(12Z TAFS) Issued at 530 AM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

As of 1030Z, winds at the TAF sites are coming in calm. Flow should settle generally out of the E-ESE closer to 15Z this morning, with speeds increasing to AOB 5-6 KT. Expect VFR to prevail with some mid-upper clouds passing overhead this afternoon and evening. Similar to nights previous, winds will once again become light/variable or calm primarily between the hours of 06-15Z Thursday.

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