HtownKid Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 What are winters like in Houston? How cold does it get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayouCityGirl Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 It doesn't get cold except Feb. Other then that June-Sept is rainy season (Hurricane Season) and VERY VERY VERY HOT! Nov-Jan-pleasant!!! well supposed to be. Huricane season is over, people up north freezing @$$ off and we're walking around in shorts. Feb-June: Moderate weather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Unlike most states, and even many regions of Texas, it's fairly unusual for the temperature to dip below 32 degrees even at night in winter. It happens a few times, and people are encouraged to bring in their potted plants, but it's more of a curiosity than an annoyance. Some years, January is the best time to be in Houston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirzania Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Um. I didn't know what winter was until I moved to Michigan (after 9 years of living in Texas.) It's snowed twice in my lifetime in south Texas. The panhandle and DFW area get more of a winter than any place else in Texas.Don't expect any kind of wintry weather like you get in PA, Indiana, Michigan, or Kenctucky. And don't ever expect to have to shovel your car out of two feet of snow.:sobs: God, why do I have to go back to that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 houston has two seasons...hot, and not so hot (winter would fall in the latter...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skwatra Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 december through february - average lows in the 40s, highs in the 60s. they'll be a few days in there in the 30s, and sometimes several days in the 70s. seasonal weather averages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToolMan Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 It does get under 30 degrees in December it times. But the next day it could be in the 60's or 70's. So to answer your question, from Dec - Feb the temperatures range from 22 - 80. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 It has gotten down to as low as 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 At Christmas 1989, I remember it getting to single digits. I believe it got down to 6 degrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Hey, the rainy season for Houst and much of south Lousisiana is actually during the winter months.We have to develop our construction projects especially paving and digging projects to avoid winter as much as possible for this. It's not always avoidable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 RedScare, if you remember, we also went 6 days without getting above the freezing mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 You bet I remember. Only time my parents' pipes ever froze. I lived in Ft Worth at the time, and it was either 3 above or 3 below there. I couldn't wait to get out of that cold*ss place, and I come to Houston and....it's just as cold! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToolMan Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Hey, the rainy season for Houst and much of south Lousisiana is actually during the winter monthsAnd the rain only makes it feel colder along with the humidity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 ^^^Exactly. I've been in 40 degree weather up north that is quite pleasant to the 40 degree weather in Houston because of the Humidity. It just cuts to the bone to make you feel so cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 because of the Humidity. It just cuts to the bone to make you feel so cold.I remember back in the late 70s when all the snowbirds came to Houston, and many of them complained about (among other things) how cold it was here. There was one girl in particular who I worked with who came from Pittsburgh. She would delicate flower about the cold when it wasn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Your friend from Pittsburgh is full of it. A forty degree day morning in Houston is NOTHING like a 10 degee day in Detroit, humidity or otherwise. Every part of your body stings in 10 degree weather. 40 degree day is only uncomfortable if you have to be in it longer than, say, 45 to 60 minutes at a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirzania Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 I told her she was crazy because surely Pittsburgh got colder than Houston. She said, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skwatra Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 i have a friend in boston who's hair would regularly freeze in the morning as he made his way to work from the bus to the T. i don't see that happening here. dry or humid, the "winter" here is so short it doesn't really matter. a few days near freezing every few weeks if that. just like the summers up there, it can get really hot and humid in the NE, it's just sporadic, unlike our summers which are so long. and the humidity is generally pretty low here in the winter, anytime we get a front, which is when it gets cold, all the moisture is pushed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Well, you also have to consider the source. I mean, here it was in the Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 skwatra is right. Cold fronts come from the north, blowing drier air in. The humidity actually keeps the temperature up a little, just like it keeps our summer temps only in the 90s.On a related note, are Arizona and Nevada residents saying "but it's a dry heat", right now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToolMan Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 I agree, wants it gets to 95 degrees it will be hot no matter what the humidity is (dry heat or not). But for some reason 40 degrees feels a lot colder here than up north. With the exception of Chicago because of the wind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 I think the wind is why it feels so cold down here, as well. That, and the fact that we condition ourselves to handle the heat, so that anything under 60 feels like a friggin' blue norther. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethanra Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 On a related note, are Arizona and Nevada residents saying "but it's a dry heat", right now?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Dry heat that has caused 18 deaths in their recent heat wave?June to Sept. heat and humidity is not so pleasent. You get use to it or you adjust your day/Nov. to May the weather is perfect except when it does get down to the 30's a few times it does feel very cold, cuts right through you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skwatra Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 That, and the fact that we condition ourselves to handle the heat, so that anything under 60 feels like a friggin' blue norther. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> exactly, we lived in the NE for 8 years and didn't mind a bit. after being down here, i just ask the question, why deal with it? now i only go north in the non-winter months. i know girls down here that put on their scarves and gloves when it gets below 50, mostly because its a fashion statement and they never get to wear them down here. so if it gets a little colder they claim they're freezing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orikal Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 exactly, we lived in the NE for 8 years and didn't mind a bit. after being down here, i just ask the question, why deal with it? now i only go north in the non-winter months. i know girls down here that put on their scarves and gloves when it gets below 50, mostly because its a fashion statement and they never get to wear them down here. so if it gets a little colder they claim they're freezing.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I lived in Boston for 5 years, and I can remember times when walking from the T to work (5 blocks) and having tears from the wind freeze to my cheek. And it didn't matter how many layers of clothes you had on, the wind still cut right through you. I don't care what anyone says about the heat here; I'd rather deal with it any day when compared with cold like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimberlySayWhat Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Anything below 70 is too cold for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigguy Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 I just moved back to Houston from Nevada it was 118 in the shade last week it hard to breath in that dry heat . We got here in June and we love this mild weather plus you dont have to blow out dust buggers 20 times a day. Also when I was in the NAVY outside of the windy city it was like living in a slurppie in the spring and fall with added attraction of huge mosquitos in the summer . Vegas has had some pretty mild summers last couple of years and the northern transplants should be on the verge of death just about now , they are the ones who came up with the [ its a dry heat logo ] balderdash . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 I always knew that was bull____. Thanks for telling it like it is, bigguy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssullivan Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Anything below 70 is too cold for me. Anything much above 70 starts getting too warm for me. Give me an ice cold northern January day anytime. I can always put on a heavy coat, scarf, and gloves and be just fine. On a July or August afternoon in Houston I could sit outside naked and still be miserable. And I agree the "dry heat" thing is bullshit. First off, the whole heat index thing, which factors in humidity and gives you a "feels like" temperature is proof of that. If an afternoon here mid-summer has an actual temperature of 97 and a heat index of 105, it feels about the same as one of those "dry heat" afternoons in Las Vegas where there's no humidity and the actual air temperature is 105. To me hot is hot. Some of the worst heat I've ever experienced in my life was in Phoenix and Las Vegas in the summer. And at least here it's often not too uncomfortable to go out and do stuff after about 7:30/8:00 PM. I've been in Vegas when it was still over 100 degrees at 11:30 PM. The only real difference is in dry heat the sweat evaporates faster. But you still sweat. This past week in South Carolina the heat was awful. So glad I've got a nice relaxing weekend in San Diego with highs in the upper 70s/low 80s to look forward to. Just five more hours and I'll be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Anything below 70 is too cold for me.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I'm with ya, Kim. I think we're outnumbered here though. I love the humidity and the afternoon rains. It's thundering right now outside, the wind is kicking up and and I think I hear the initial drops slamming onto the concrete path to my door. Time to go sit on the porch with a cool beverage. Anyone remember the Derek and the Dominoes tune, "Let it Rain"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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