Later, Raines taught classes about the weather in the geography department at California State University, Northridge.
Raines was the chief meteorologist for television stations WBRZ-TV in Baton Rouge and at WDSU in New Orleans, Louisiana before moving to CNN to run its national weather coverage.
Years later, he was shifted to weekday afternoons 4, 5, 6 and 11PM along with David Ono, Ellen Leyva, Marc Brown and (until 2020) Michelle Tuzee.
Dallas and his wife Dannie Raines published a children's weather adventure book titled, "Chester and the Hot Air Balloon[4]," in September 2021.
Raines is popular for his moves during his forecast, such as the "Dallas dip", the swirl, the fist pump and the golf swing.