HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Our powerful cold front moved through yesterday as expected, dropping our temperatures below freezing. We aren’t expected to start to thaw out until sometime tomorrow.
How many hours could we stay below freezing?
Houston and most of Southeast Texas could stay below freezing through Saturday morning. Total consecutive freeze time could be around 45 hours. This is similar to the February 2021 freeze.
How cold will the wind chill make me feel?
The wind chill is the apparent temperature you feel due to the effects of the wind and cold weather on your exposed skin. Breezy conditions will give us a feels like temperature between 5 and 15 degrees overnight so a Wind Chill Advisory has been issued. These are dangerous levels that could allow frostbite to occur in about 30-60 minutes of exposure.
How many hard freezes will we see?
Two to three depending on where you live. Most of southeast Texas will experience a hard freeze Saturday morning. Some locations mainly north of Houston will also see a hard freeze Christmas morning.
How does Christmas look?
We’ll get the cold Christmas that many were asking for. On Christmas morning we’ll wake up to temperatures in the middle 20s, with a high temperature in the 40s.
Do we ever warm back up?
You bet! It’ll be a slow and steady warming process, which means still cold weather through the weekend, but high temperatures reaching the low 70s by the middle and end of next week.
