Texas Deep Freeze This Week Will Bring a Fresh Test to the Power Grid
- Dallas likely to get snow, Permian basin gets deep freeze
- Frigid conditions likely won’t rival February 2021 crisis
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Texas is facing an Arctic blast this week that threatens to leave Dallas blanketed in snow, freeze oil and natural gas production areas and will test the state’s power grid.
The cold will whip temperatures in Dallas from a high of 67 degrees Fahrenheit (19 Celsius) Monday to a low of 20 Thursday night, with ice and snow starting late Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. Temperatures in Midland -- business center of the Permian Basin -- will drop to 15 degrees Wednesday and then plunge further Thursday night.