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

[inbredagogo]

that was on my 10th birthday

[AndrewJ254]

i was probably outside kicking the football around when this was aired.

i was only 11 yrs old.

[zottffssent]

Wow, I was just a fifteen year old kid from Lake Whitney. Great memories.

[way2muchNFO]

thx for the memories, great work and still doing it , well done my friend

[earthweek]

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

[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.

[REDLIONTV]

I love it how funny "the 5 day forecast

[scottbaino]

I find it hilarious that in 1980 they have greenscreens and electronic maps yet there is still a pulldown 5 day forecast!

[F150luvr]

Holy shit! You were the anchor on WFAA? I grew up in Euless, and I remember that summer. 113 degrees!? Lord have mercy!

[F150luvr]

I meant weatherman.

[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....

[Legend813a]

OMG! WSR-57!

[tojam2005]

thanks so much for posting this! I grew up in dallas and this was a memory trip for me. I too remember the heatwave of 1980, I was 20.

[amnewsboy]

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

[trev17ian]

Same here.

[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.

[flybynightvideo]

Wow.. back in the day when they only had Chyrons and magnetic boards... it was around 1983 or 1984 when they got the Quantel Paintbox and Kavouras Triton.

[mobilene]

Check out those 70s/80s yellow letters!

[DanH1985]

George Clooney could definitely play you in a movie [-:

[ProductionX]

Heh, it's only a shame I was born a little too late to appreciate the days when stations still used maps and other contraptions in doing the weather this way. It all became CGI-ed animations so quickly.