Houston will warm up, but don’t plant your gardens just yet

Good morning, Houston! It’s another chilly one across the metro area with lows ranging from the upper 30s in outlying areas to around 50 degrees right along the coast. We’re now going to follow a warming trend through Thursday. Enjoy the 70s, because it looks increasingly likely that winter will make a resurgence into the United States—including Texas—later next week. Details are to be determined, but don’t plant your gardens yet!

Tuesday

Winds will shift to come from the southeast later today, but they’ll remain light. This should allow for a few clouds to form, but we still anticipate partly to mostly sunny skies as high temperatures rise into the mid-60s or so for most areas. Lows tonight should drop to around 50 degrees in the city of Houston, with cooler conditions inland, and warmer weather right along the coast.

Wednesday

Conditions will be a bit warmer on Wednesday, with highs near 70 degrees, and perhaps a few more clouds. More clouds still will build overnight and lows may struggle to fall below 60 degrees on Wednesday night in the city and along the coast.

Thursday

This should be the warmest day of the week, and the warmest day for quite a while as southwesterly winds really start to blow across the area. We may see gusts up to 25 mph. Depending on the amount of sunshine at your location, high temperatures may briefly reach 80 degrees, although I think most areas will stay in the 70s. Regardless, it will feel fairly warm for a day in February.

Friday

A cold front will sweep through Houston on Thursday night or Friday morning—best guess right now is that it reaches the upper Texas coast around sunrise on Friday morning, although there is some wiggle room in that. There are some slight rain chances with the front, but it should be dry for most. We should see a cloudy day in its wake, with highs in the low 60s perhaps. Winds will be notable, out of the north. Lows Friday night should drop into the upper 40s for most areas.

Saturday and Sunday

Saturday will be pleasant, with mostly sunny skies and highs in the upper 60s, or thereabouts. A second cold front will arrive Saturday night and highs on Sunday may not climb out of the 50s. Skies should be sunny at least. Lows will reach down into the 40s.

Next week

While the forecast for next week is not yet written into stone, a serious mass of cold air is expected to build over Canada this weekend—note the forecast for temperatures more than 30 degrees below normal for Saturday and Sunday up north.

Next week some of this Arctic air should dive down into the United States, and we think at least some will probably reach Texas by the middle of February. As we said, the details of this are still to be determined, but we don’t think winter is yet done with Houston.