Get ready for sunshine and 60s!

Cooler, drier air is moving in for the rest of the week

Wednesday Forecast:

The cooler air continues to move in behind Tuesday’s cold front and we’ll be back to a very refreshing and cooler start to Wednesday! Expect clear skies and morning temperatures to sit in the low 50s!

Wednesday Morning Forecast (Copyright 2022 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

Plenty of sunshine will greet you for most of the day Wednesday as well. Although, afternoon temperatures will be cooler overall, in the low 70s.

Wednesday Afternoon Forecast (Copyright 2022 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

Our next cold front Saturday:

We get delightful weather through Friday. A cold front stalls over SE Texas this weekend and it looks to bring rain both Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday Cold Front (Copyright 2022 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

10-day forecast:

Beautifully cool through Friday. Weekend rain is a definite possibility but as of today, it appears it should move out as we head into next week.

10-Day Forecast (Copyright 2022 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

A Look Back At 2022 Weather

Rain in 2022:

Looking back at 2022 a few things stick about the rain we received in Houston. First, it sure is good that we had January, August and November. Without these months our drought would be dire in SE Texas. Also, June was a tough month. Our average amount of rain in June is 6.00″. We only received .13″! While most of our months were below average, only September was drastically dry like June. We finished the year in Houston 8.47″ below average. All of our major recording station in SE Texas had a deficit with College Station closest to average.

9 of 12 months were below average (Copyright 2021 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)
All of our major recording stations were below average for rain in 2022 (Copyright 2021 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

Drought update:

We are drought free in SE Texas. August and November rains helped tremendously for our area. The hill country didn’t get any help these months so we still have an extreme and exceptional drought. The panhandle is also still suffering from at least a moderate drought.

How our state is finishing 2022 (Copyright 2021 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

Temperatures in 2022:

The one thing that sticks out to me on the below graph are our hottest months were also our driest month. After a below aveage start to 2022, we heated up in April and we dried out. June and July were hot! August wasn’t too bad, we were really close to our thirty year average. (Our average is based on the past 30 years.) And even though we had a really cold week in Houston in December, we still finished the month above average.

How we finished 2022 (Copyright 2021 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)
Despite a cold week we finish the month above average (Copyright 2021 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

About the Authors

Two-time Emmy award winning meteorologist and recipient of the 2022 American Meteorological Society’s award for Excellence in Science Reporting by a Broadcast Meteorologist.

Meteorologist, craft beer guru, dad to Maya and Ella and a sock and cheese addict.