Warm weather continues for three more days; also what do you want to see from us this year?

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Originally published at: Warm weather continues for three more days; also what do you want to see from us this year? – Space City Weather

In brief: The overall forecast has not changed much, with warm weather persisting through Saturday afternoon before a cool front arrives. Also, we’re welcoming your ideas to improve Space City Weather!

How would you improve us?

The brain trust of Space City Weather will be meeting at an undisclosed location tonight (hint, they serve good pizza) in Houston to discuss our plans for the coming year, and also future directions of the site. No, we’re not planning to change any of fundamental parts of what we do here (such as no-hype forecasts and dad humor). But we are always looking for better ways to meet our readers where they are, and ensuring we’re getting the most reliable information to the broadest audience for free. So if you have any ideas you think would improve Space City Weather, from how we distribute our content to the content itself, leave suggestions in the comments below or use the contact button.

Thursday and Friday

The overall forecast has not changed much. Today and Friday will bring partly to mostly cloudy skies, with muggy air, and high temperatures ranging from the upper 70s to lower 80s. A few days ago it looked like we might hit the mid-80s this week, but we are likely to be spared from that by more clouds than previously anticipated. Nights will still be exceptionally warm for this time of year, however (our lows in the mid- to upper 60s will fall just a couple of degree below record high minimums of 69 degrees). There also will be a slight chance of showers today, but anything that reaches the ground will probably be misty or light, so don’t expect anything in the way of accumulations.

Saturday

This will be another warm and humid day, with a chance of light mist or showers as temperatures push up to around 80 degrees (or a bit above). A front will arrive during the afternoon hours, with drier and cooler air moving in at some point on Saturday evening. I don’t anticipate any showers or storms with the frontal passage. Lows will drop into the upper 40s by Sunday morning as skies clear out.

Sunday and Monday

Winter’s back! These will be cooler days with highs probably in the 60 to 65 degree range along with sunny skies. Sunday will be breezy, but I expect winds to settle down by Sunday evening. Sunday and Monday nights will definitely be on the chilly side. I expect lows of around 40 degrees in Houston, with slightly cooler conditions for inland areas. However I expect the region to remain above freezing, if only a few degrees in the cold spots such as Conroe.

Next week

Tuesday’s highs may be in the 60s, but by Wednesday we’ll be on a distinct warming trend, with highs in the 80s likely for the rest of the work week. Some sort of front may arrive by next weekend, we’ll see.

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I would like to see a very brief recap of yesterday. What was our high temp? What was the low? If we got rain, how much? Anything of extreme importance. Just super brief, maybe one or two sentences, or bullets. (I really want to know our high, especially since sometimes you say “we might break a record,” then later don’t mention whether we did or not.)

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I’d be interested in seeing a spinoff blog where you explain the science and the “why” or “how I came to this conclusion” behind SCW forecasts. We rely so heavily on the “no nonsense” predictions that you provide and I’d enjoy reading about your methods - what do you look for, why and how you form the forecast - in laymen’s terms for us normies.

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In the app, I would love clickable maps so I can zoom in and see the details. (Android user here)

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Is there any hope for cooler weather to move in before Feb. 28th? The woodlands marathon is the 28th and I’m getting a little nervous about running a marathon during the Texas Pre-Heat :joy:

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As a 40 year resident of Houston who has recently moved to Austin…I have a big ask of Space City. I look forward to your weather reporting everyday and appreciate your no nonsense reporting and your humor, but so wish that your reporting included Austin.

Thank you!

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Jenny, we’re aware of that bug and it’ll be fixed in a future version of the app. But for now you can tap on the blog icon on the top right corner of each post and it will take you to the blog post itself, where you can zoom in on images.

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I am a statistics fan. I’d like to see more historical statistics and some context behind the numbers. For example, If we assume this year will again be hotter-than-history, then the daily high and low temperatures will be above historical averages. It would be interesting to see those numbers broken out:

  • The daily minimum average temperature for the entire month of July from 2000-2025 was xx.x degrees.
  • The daily minimum average temperature for July 2026 was xx.x degrees.
  • The daily minimum average temperature for July 2026 was the 3rd highest of the 2000-2025 period.
  • Compared to the daily minimum average temperature for July from 1980-2000, this year is the highest of this time frame.

Another cool statistic would be the historical frequency of a ‘type’ of weather happening. For example, say we have very frequent rain showers and mild high temperatures this summer. Add statistic context to show how common this is:

  • This year, we had rain showers on 28 of the 91 days from June 1st - August 31st.
  • In the past 25 years, this type of thing happens about once every 3 years.

Or…

  • We are expecting a week-long cold front with low temperatures ranging from 40-50 deg F to arrive in November. Historically, November sees cold fronts ranging from 3-5 days with low temperatures at least 50 deg F once every 5 years.

The point is I’d like to know how common a weather occurrence (or something similar to it) is.

I know this type of thing is actually really hard to do. The data sources might not be available, and the data might not be available in the format that answers the question. Plus querying and calculating statistics on the data is not easy. So I understand if you don’t do this! Still, it would be cool to see.

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We want to see Highs in the 70’s (80’s Max) in August and September. :grinning_face:

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(And not because of a landfalling hurricane)

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Just don’t ever leave us!

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I would like to see a section on your website or the app that is a reference with answers for the questions that people ask every year (i.e. How to winterize your sprinkler system, how to protect pipes against freezing, at what wind speeds should you secure things in your yard so they don’t blow away, etc). This reference could include videos and be expanded over time, but this way you could just refer your readers to this section instead of answering the same questions over and over each year.

Another unrelated question: When will it be safe to plant tomatoes and other vegetables for this season? I’m holding off because of the cool weather this weekend, but I’m hoping that you can say soon that we won’t have any more freezes in 2026. Thanks!

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I appreciate the NWS graph that shows annual accumulated rainfall vs average. I think that shows when we are dry vs entering a drought. If yall could throw that up occasionally (bi-weekly?) I think it would be useful and not obnoxious.

Love yall. Literally bought the T-shirt. Stay at it!

J

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It would be good to see weather info on popular travel places. For example, when to and when not to travel to areas that accessible to bad weather or bad weather that can pop up quicky.

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It’s such a gamble anymore unless you’re willing to travel. There are very few “safe” marathons temperature/dew point-wise, especially here. Chevron/Aramco in January still seems relatively safe most years…for now.

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As long as y’all remember to include the daily low temperatures, just keep on keeping on.

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Thank you all for what you do. My family in other areas of the country complain about their weather coverage and I’m always talking about how great you all are. I would love to see recommendations of similar meteorologists in other cities to refer family to but also for travel purposes. Thx

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Hey @CS81, check the regional weather site recommendation page that @dwight maintains—you might find something in there that works!

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so much buzz about winter “coming back”. Its not coming back. Its making a brief 3 day appearance and then we are back to this warm weather.

in regards of what i’d like to see, it seems like meteorology across the board (internet and tv sources) are consistently have huge swings and misses when it comes to forecasting rain. Using downtown houston as a bullseye, it seems like when there is a forecast of heavy rain or possible flooding, it almost always fizzles out before reaching downtown.

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We have this! See the “Regional weather sites” link on the home page.

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