A few stray, light showers remain across Houston early this morning, but for the most part rain chances have passed. Most of the area got between a light sprinkle and two tenths of an inch of rainfall. Now, we can enjoy fall-like weather with mostly low humidity through the early part of next week.

Thursday and Friday

Clouds will give way to sunshine later this morning, but Thursday should still see relatively cool weather with highs in the mid- to upper-60s. On Friday, highs may top out at around 70 degrees. Northerly winds should allow low temperatures on Friday morning to get into the low 50s for central Houston, and upper 50s on Saturday morning. All in all, these will be exceptionally pleasant days after Houston’s long summer.

Saturday and Sunday

The weekend warms up a little, with highs probably rising into the mid-70s. Some southeasterly winds will push humidity back up a little bit, and lead to warmer nights with lows of around 60 degrees. However, a weak cool front should at least halt this rise in temperatures and humidity for a few days. A few showers may be possible as this front moves into the area on Sunday, but I don’t think most people will see any rainfall.

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After more record warmth on Tuesday—Hobby Airport set a record high of 89 degrees, breaking an old mark of 87 degrees—a cold front finally pushed through the region during the late evening hours. Fall, finally, has returned to Houston for awhile.

Wednesday

Today will be cool, with highs in the low- to mid-60s, with increasing rain chances this afternoon and evening. An upper-level disturbance will track from west to east across Texas today, and this should bring some decent rain chances to us, especially for areas north of Interstate 10. Overall, accumulations still look pretty slight for Houston, with most areas getting a tenth or two of an inch of rain, but the leaden skies will add to what will be a winter-like, gray day for Houston.

Thursday and Friday

These days still look like the pick of the litter for the region, with partly to mostly sunny skies, and highs in the upper 60s to 70 degrees. Overnight lows should range from the upper 40s for inland areas to upper 50s closer to the coast. Just splendid fall weather.

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Houston continued to set record high temperatures on Monday—a mark of 89 degrees at both Bush Intercontinental and Hobby airports broke records at each location by a degree. Fortunately, this abnormally warm weather for November will finally come to an end later today, or tonight.

Today

We’ll have one more day with temperatures in the upper-80s across the region before a cold front pushes into Houston. As of 6:45am CT, the front was draped across Central Texas, and slowly pushing to the southeast. Temperatures (and especially dewpoints, which denote drier air) are considerably cooler behind it.

The front is moving a bit faster than expected, so it should arrive in the Houston area later this evening, and push off the coast by midnight, or shortly thereafter. Before then, we’ll be partly to mostly cloudy, and unseasonably warm. Afterwards, cold.

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Houston experienced some very warm weather this weekend, both during the days and sticky nights, with the following records set or tied:

• Saturday high temperature: Houston Hobby Airport, 88° (tying old record from 1988)
• Sunday high temperature: Houston Bush Intercontinental Airport, 88° (tying old record from 1963)
• Sunday, high minimum temperature: Houston Bush Intercontinental Airport, 74° (beats old record of 71° from 1922)
• Sunday, high temperature: Hobby Airport, 90° (beats old record of 87° from 2005)
• Sunday, high minimum temperature: Hobby Airport, 75° (beats old record of 71° from 2015)

Monday and Tuesday

We’re going to remain in this stagnant, muggy, and decidedly un-fall-like weather pattern for a couple of more days before a cold front finally breaks the region out of this funk. On Monday and Tuesday look for highs in the upper 80s for most of the region, with partly sunny skies. We should also continue to have warm nights before the front arrives.

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