New Year’s Eve in Houston may be chilly, the New Year will be downright cold

On Friday, Dec. 22, Houston’s high temperature reached 81 degrees. Since then a series of cold fronts have kept highs below 70 degrees—and it seems unlikely that the high temperature will reach 70 again at least for the next week to 10 days, if not quite a bit longer. We truly are in the depths of winter, and it looks as though we’re only going to get colder in the days ahead.

After four warm days before Christmas, Jack Frost has taken control of Houston’s weather. (NOAA)

Thursday and Friday

For most of us, the drizzle is probably over for the next couple of days. However, skies will remain mostly gray—there’s a chance of some patchy sunshine on Friday—and this will confine high temperatures to the upper 40s or lower 50s. Lows will be about 10 degrees cooler as clouds prevent radiational cooling at nighttime.

Saturday

An onshore flow resumes, briefly, on Saturday. Effectively this means the region will see some warmer weather, with highs likely in the low- to mid-60s. With this, some rain chances will return, especially during the afternoon and evening hours. Accumulations should be slight, regardless.

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Cold and then colder for Houston in the days ahead

The high on Christmas Day in Houston was 54 degrees, and on Tuesday the high only reached 51. Nevertheless, those days will feel balmy compared to the next two days, when high temperatures probably won’t climb out of the 40s. After a slight warm-up this weekend, we can expect potentially even colder weather next week.

Wednesday

Very light rain is falling across the southern half of Houston, and this activity should slowly push offshore this morning. But that doesn’t mean the Sun is going to grace us with its presence. No, instead we’ll be left with a cloudy, gray day with highs in the mid-40s. The coldest day of the year came on Dec. 8th (44 degrees) and we may tie that today.

Do not be alarmed if you see this in the sky on Friday.

Thursday and Friday

Moisture levels fall a bit, but I don’t think we can completely rule out a bit of drizzle during Thursday and Friday mornings. Thursday will remain cloudy, with a high of near 50 degrees, and Friday might actually nudge up into the mid-50s. Houston might also see the Sun for a time on Friday—please don’t be shocked when you see a big, bright, yellow orb in the sky. Nighttime temperatures will remain comfortably above freezing.

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Jack Frost takes control of Houston’s weather for awhile

We hope everyone enjoyed the Christmas holiday. For kids, the two week winter break has just begun, while for many others its back to work today. Weather wise, we are looking at a cold, and often damp forecast to end 2017 in Houston.

Tuesday

This morning has started out cold and gray, and conditions won’t change much throughout the day. The radar shows drizzle and light rain showers spreading out over the region, and this will remain the story for much of today and tonight. We won’t see much in the way of accumulations—with a tenth or two of an inch of rain on the west side of Houston, and perhaps as much as half an inch through Wednesday morning. Temperatures will remain cold, with gray skies limiting highs to around 50 degrees. Lows tonight will drop into the 40s.

Through Wednesday, rain accumulations should be greater to the east of Houston than the west. (NOAA/Weather Bell)

Wednesday

A cold front will push through the Houston region later on Tuesday or during the overnight hours, and this should bring some marginally drier air. Eventually, this drier air should allow for rain chances to end Wednesday. Even where it does rain Wednesday, accumulations should be slight. The main story will continue to be temperatures, with highs Wednesday likely remaining in the 40s—chilly.

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