WFAA-TV 5:30 p.m. Sunday, September 21, 1980

My next-to-last weathercast on WFAA. John Criswell anchors.

[@troytakesphotos]

WOW, gotta love the 5 day forecast board... the whole getup reminds me of the puzzle board to Password Plus.

[@crankiestgreg]

Very cool! I grew up in DFW and in 1980 was a freshman at SMU. I remember that hot 1980 summer! Burning up in Virgina Hall at SMU....

[@earthweek]

@way2muchNFO Thanks for the kind words, especially on the 30th anniversary of my perhaps ill-advised departure from WFAA. Thank you, Thank you!

[@billybkool]

This is interesting historically to us natives of DFW as this was the first weather forecast since May of 1980 that didn't call for 100 + degrees and no rain...the hottest and driest summer ever on record for here and will probably hold that distinction for decades to come. I remember this weekend vividly as prognosticators had been telling us for months that we could not expect a cool down to even temps in the 90's until a Gulf hurricane would drive the high pressure cap off of us.

[@thegorn68]

I was only 11 years old that summer. I don't recall anyone blaming that weather on global warming do you? What a trip seeing a younger looking John Criswell. I totally remember that forecast pull down board they used too.

[@johnerwin9024]

Whoa, damn near 40 years to the day-

[@Reddaytonadog]

I never imagined things getting that hot in 1980, especially in Dallas/Fort Worth. You have to admit, that really was a heatwave from what I've heard from current meteorologists at WFAA, especially Pete Delkus, Greg Fields, and Steve McCauley. Troy retired nearly three years earlier and since 1976 provided all of us with the best weather in North Texas. A lot has changed in the past 30 years, the equipment has changed, the forecasts have changed. "You can count on us" really stood for something.

[@weswilson53]

Ah yes, that sweltering summer of 1980.

[@johnerwin9024]

Yea, the ice storm 6 months prior & then the 100+ Summer, wow, been sometime in retrospect-

[@mrtee83]

Does anyone know when John Criswell join channel 8?

[@inbredagogo]

that was on my 10th birthday

[@Legend813a]

OMG! WSR-57!

[@gunnlover]

In far away Houston. Cannot believe a major market area like DFW didn't have a local radar. This is probably a WSR74. A significant upgrade over WSR57