Good morning. There’s not much good to say about our weather for the next several days, outside of the fact that at least we won’t see flooding or the winds howling. However, after three or four really hot days of triple-digit temperatures, I do think we’ll see a slight downturn in highs, and an uptick in rain chances. The effect is likely to be subtle, but any relief is better than no relief, right?
Tuesday
Monday’s high temperature reached 100 degrees at Bush Intercontinental Airport, and we can probably expect today to be a carbon copy with mostly sunny skies. Winds will be out of the south, at 10 mph or so, with gusts up to 15 or 20 mph. Lows tonight probably won’t drop below 80 degrees for most of the region.
Wednesday and Thursday
It looks like the heat will peak on these days, with highs ranging from 100 to the low 100s for much of the area away from the coast. Expect sunny skies and southern winds. You should know the drill by now.
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
It’s still going to be hot, but highs at some point should start to drop back into the upper 90s. We’ll also see a somewhat more disturbed atmosphere that should allow for the development of at least some isolated showers and thunderstorms. Expect mostly sunny skies.
Next week
Overall, the pattern won’t change a whole lot. But I think we’ll see highs in the mid- to upper-90s, instead of around 100 degrees. And rain chances will continue to be non-zero, but at this point it’s difficult to say whether we’re talking about 10 to 20 percent chances each day, or the more hopeful 30 to 40 percent.
We’re one more day closer to autumn. That’s the best I can muster on a hot July Tuesday. Stay safe, cool, and hydrated.
This summer is a write off. This is making a run for 2011 and 1980 to be in the Mt. Rushmore of worst Houston summers.
2011 and 1980 were relentless where as this summer is hot but we keep getting little breaks in the heat as mentioned in the article above by Eric.
If it’s 98 instead of 100 does that really count as a “little break”? I know we track 100 degree days as it is a number of significance, but a 98 or 99 degree day with no rain does not really feel any different than a 100 degree day with no rain IMO. It’s all equally as miserable even if we don’t tick it off as another 100 degree day.
Your right that 98/99 degree is just as bad as 100, but when its triple digits it gets more attention from the media, public,etc.
The thing is we have received little breaks from the dryness
some, i mean. I think 2011 was drier
2011 only had 4 days of 100+ in July. June had 7. August was the killer, along with barely any rain the entire year.
August 1980 was a bummer in Indiana too, especially during two-a-days. At least I wasn’t wearing a helmet and pads like the players. It was bad enough in gyms shorts and a t-shirt. I spent June and July interning in Midland, Michigan. A few days it got into the upper 80s but not much there, including my apartment, was air conditioned. Those weekends it was off to Bay City to hang out by Saginaw Bay or off to an air-conditioned cinema in Saginaw.
August of 1980, my senior year starts as did two a days in Houston. I remember the heat but being a native and outdoors all the time I honestly don’t remember it slowing down outdoor activities. As a kid we were out from morning to night, maybe we were used to the heat or maybe the urban heating just wasn’t as bad. I can still taste the salt tablets that were part of the after practice and game routine.
I haven’t looked at dew points or relative humidity, but I’d say this is closer to a dry heat, one that is not typical of the region, and one that is more bearable (IMO).
Dewpoints have been nasty too
I run in the morning, and usually check the temp and dew point before departing. Lately the temp have run the gamut of 78 to 79 degrees with dew points about 2 degrees lower. This give a relative humidity of 91 to 93 percent. Just right for a morning run.
One thing I have really noticed this whole year is how much more windy it seems than what is usual for Houston. Does this have something to do with the overly hot and dry conditions we are experiencing – as in causing them or as a result of them?