Houston Weather Tuesday Afternoon: 71.7 Degrees, Drizzle Coded at 72.4 - Wednesday's Rain Chance Is Up to 57 Percent
The heavy-rain code that hung over Tuesday at midday has eased back to drizzle, but the week has not dried out: Wednesday's rain chance has climbed to 57 percent, and Thursday's 82-degree break still stands behind it.
Houston stood at 71.7 degrees, feeling like 74.4, under overcast skies (code 3) at the station's 1 p.m. check of its live Open-Meteo feed - up from 69.1 at the late-morning reading, on a day now coded 53, moderate drizzle, for a high of 72.4 against a low of 58.8, with a 40 percent precipitation chance.
The day's character has swung twice and landed softer. Tuesday's code escalated to heavy rain (65) at the 11 a.m. check; it has now eased back to drizzle (53), even though the chance of some precipitation has risen from 27 to 40 percent - the feed is saying rain today is more likely, but lighter. Wednesday keeps the week's wettest billing: coded 63, moderate rain, at 72.7 degrees, with its precipitation chance up sharply from 41 to 57 percent.
Behind the wet pair, the warm break is untouched. Thursday is coded 3 with a high of 82.1, a low of 59.9 and a zero percent rain chance, and Friday repeats at 80.9 with no rain chance. Saturday has turned more unsettled than this morning's file had it - its code has stepped up to 82 at a high of 73.6 with a 13 percent chance - before Sunday cools to 66.4 with a 33 percent chance and Monday follows at 66.8.
For the rest of Tuesday, the practical read is a mild afternoon near the day's high with drizzle possible rather than a washout - and a planning note that has firmed up since morning: Wednesday, at 57 percent, is now the day to keep on a rain footing, and Thursday remains the week's outdoor day. The Weather Desk's next cadence file is the 17:00 update, against this same live feed.
