In brief: Houston will experience three more days of cooler weather before a warmer pattern sets in, and likely will prevail for nearly all of the remainder of 2024. We’re still anticipating mild conditions on Christmas Day, with the possibility of some showers on Christmas Eve.
Baby, it’s cold outside
For a lot of people, myself included, holiday weather should feel chilly outside. Well, as you’ll see in the forecast below, Christmas Day in Houston is not going to feel like the holidays in the sense that it will not be cold. Conditions will feel rather mild, instead. However we do have some decidedly chilly weather in store for now through Sunday, so if that’s your thing, make plans for some outdoor activities, sweaters, and hot cocoa over the next few days. Speaking of holiday activities outside, a reminder that our longtime partner, Reliant, is known for lighting up the holidays and is bringing you several family fun experiences to check out!
Reliant worked with their friends at Houston Botanic Garden to offer Space City Weather readers a discount code on Radiant Nature tickets. I reviewed my experience at Radiant Nature with my family here, which was quite a delight. For $2 off up to two tickets, use code “RNSCW.” Click here for tickets through the remainder of 2024. Click here for tickets in January and February of 2025.
Additionally, Galaxy Lights, presented by Reliant at Space Center Houston runs through January 5 and with Reliant’s sponsorship of Space City Weather, you can get $5 off your tickets if you use code: GLSCW24!
Friday
Temperatures have generally fallen into the upper 40s this morning, with light winds from the north. Today will be pleasant, with high temperatures reaching the upper 60s this afternoon and plenty of sunshine. We’ll see an uptick in winds this afternoon as a reinforcing cold front arrives from the north, so if you notice some gusts that’s what’s coming in. The front will bring drier air in, and this will help temperatures drop to about 40 degrees in Houston tonight. Conditions will be even colder for far inland areas, so if you’re going to be out and about on Saturday morning bring a jacket.
Saturday
A cold and sunny day. High temperatures may struggle to climb beyond the upper 50s for some locations, but with light winds and sunshine it should not feel all that cold. Saturday night will be chilly again, with lows in the lower 40s in Houston—so a bit warmer than Friday night. But not much.
Sunday
Another sunny day. However, with high pressure departing to the east we’ll start to see winds coming more from the southeast. So daytime temperatures will probably reach the upper 60s, and then Sunday night will be warmer, in the 50s. Some clouds may start to float in as well.
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
The period leading toward Christmas Day will bring a warming trend, with highs generally in the lower 70s. With a slightly more unsettled pattern we should see some decent rain chances on Christmas Eve and the night before the holiday. However at this point Christmas Day will probably see partly sunny skies and only a low-end chance for some scattered showers. Anyway, it won’t be too hot, and it won’t be too cold.
Rest of next week
The final week of the year looks to be fairly warm for late December. Generally we probably can expect highs in the 70s and lows in the 50s to about 60 degrees. Some decent rain chances will be in the cards, but I don’t anticipate anything that might bring flooding or that kind of thing. Some sort of front probably will come pushing through right before the end of the year, but whether that’s New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day or something else is hard to say.
Have a great weekend, everyone.
This morning finds me in Edwardsville, Illinois. It is 31° with a west wind gusting to 30 mph for a wind chill of 19°. I will be working outside this morning. I must avoid frostbite and hypothermia. I am looking forward to returning to Houston, but in the meantime I will comfort myself by checking Space City comments throughout the day for some of the incessant whining about how it is too warm in Houston.
Most of the people are complaining about the instability, where it goes from 80 to 30 instead of consistent 40s and 50s, although 40 is spring weather for northern states.
the constant fluctuations are getting a lot of people sick. the constant fluctuations are causing folks to go from AC to heater. plants and trees don’t even know what season they’re having.
houstonians just want consistency for cold weather.
No they do not, one of the best thing about Houston is how exciting the weather is. (Just as long as we dont get a hard freeze again this winter)
I know this is off topic but does anybody remember the Texas Christmas flood of 1991? I heard several rivers overflowed across Texas flooding tens of thousands of homes. The Brazos River flooded 500 homes in Brazoria County. I believe parts of the Houston area were affected as well. It was the worst time possible for a disaster like that to happen.
Seems like the comments are having a hard time showing up today.
I’ve been having that issue alot lately on my phone. There is like a 3 to 4 hour delay with the comments on my phone. It works fine on my laptop but on my phone it’s terrible.
For me, on multiple browsers it was hidden until 2:00. I’ll triple-check my phone next time, thanks for the tip!
This is a reply to Glenn from last night. Yes, I used to live in Bay City. That is where I was born and raised until I was 14.
Off topic but I need a contact about the fundraiser shirts I bought, haven’t received, said was delivered. Can anyone send me
in the right direction to figure this out? I appreciate any and all help. Thanks!
Hi Tracy. Custom Ink has a pretty good support department: https://www.customink.com/contact