Record cold yesterday, above normal temperatures tomorrow, another gloomy cold day Thursday!
Did you enjoy yesterday’s record-setting weather? We broke a 34 year old record high temperature! Of course, it was NOT the record for highest high temperature. Instead, we broke the previous record coldest high temperature of 44° set in 1991 with a high temperature of only 43°. Thankfully, better weather is on the docket today with warmer-than-normal temperatures returning tomorrow, but we could be facing yet another cloudy, drippy, and chilly day of weather Thursday.
Yesterday’s storm system brought a decent bit of rain to Southeast Texas and the Deep South, but we only had the ugly drippiness. With temperatures this morning starting out near and below freezing this morning in the upper 20s and lower 30s, there could be some patchy frost on elevated surfaces and grassy areas east of I-35. There are NO icy roadways across Central Texas so it’ll be an easy but cold start to the day today. Temperatures will warm up with mostly sunny skies throughout the day and we’ll settle in the upper 40s and low-to-mid 50s for high temperatures. Although winds will be relatively light today, there’s just enough of a breeze to give us morning wind chills in the low-to-mid 20s. The wind chills will climb into the 40s by midday and should stay close to the actual temperature late in the day.
It’ll be another chilly morning tomorrow, but temperatures will start out above freezing in the mid-to-upper 30s Wednesday morning. Wind chills will be in the upper 20s and lower 30s Wednesday morning as gusty south winds begin to pull in moisture ahead of a cold front arriving Wednesday night. Expect a generally sunny day Wednesday with clouds moving in late-day and highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Tomorrow’s cold front passes through during the overnight hours and we’ll likely see a few light showers from 10 PM to roughly sunrise near and especially east of I-35. While the overnight round of rain departs by around sunrise, another round of drizzle, sprinkles, or a few light showers will return after sunrise through around midday Thursday before departing in the afternoon. We’ll drop from the mid-to-upper 60s into the lower 40s Thursday morning with the cloudiness and drippiness keeping highs in the mid-to-upper 40s only! No record lowest high temperatures will be set, but gusty south winds throughout the day may make it feel a bit worse outside Thursday despite warmer temperatures than Monday.
Thursday’s rain comes to a close across Central Texas shortly before or just shortly after sunset and we may not see more rain opportunities for TWO WEEKS after Thursday. We’ve been stuck in a pattern of bone-dry conditions at the beginning of the month from September through November and we’ll remain below a quarter-inch of rain for most of us until our next chance for rain arrives about a week before Christmas. Even though we may not see precipitation, we’ll feel a few cold fronts pushing through next week. From this weekend through next week, morning lows remain in the 30s and 40s, but afternoon highs will warm into the mid-60s Saturday and then into the lower 60s Sunday as a cold front pushes through. Our lowest high temperatures next week should be on Monday with near average highs in the upper 50s and lower 60s, but we’re warming right back up to near 70° by Wednesday and Thursday. Another front is set to move in late next week, but that front likely won’t bring us a no notable weather changes as we could potentially spend next weekend into the following week with highs near or likely above 70°. Bad weather? No. Christmas-y weather? Also no!
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