A cold front is expected to arrive in Huntsville by the end of November. However, it is unclear if chilly, winter-esque weather—by Texas’ standards—will come before or after Thanksgiving.
“It looks a bit cooler out there for the rest of the country,” Meteorologist Dr. Robert Gauthreaux III, an assistant professor of practice at Sam Houston State University, said in an interview. “But here in Walker County, it’s still feeling like summer. We’re experiencing summer-like measurements going into the fall.”
Mid-Week to the Weekend
Huntsville residents experienced cloudy skies with glimpses of sun on Wednesday, followed by an overnight low of 68 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
The NWS dataset reveals that the official high record temperature for this date in Huntsville was set in 1973 at 84 degrees. With Wednesday bringing forth an observed high temperature of 84.9, likely to be rounded to the nearest whole degree, professionals like Gauthreaux say that daily record has been broken, and Thursday’s daily record is at risk too.
The official high record temperature for Nov. 20 is 83 degrees, set back in 1985.
The NWS predicts Thursday’s high temperatures will stay within the 80-83 degree range, with the lows once again falling to 68. This forecast leaves open the possibility of scattered showers stretching all the way to Sunday.
With the much-needed rain, Gauthreaux foresees flooding as only a marginal risk that shouldn’t pose any serious concerns.
Thanksgiving Week
As of right now, it is too early to tell what the weather will look like or if it will rain in Walker County on Thanksgiving. But meteorologists have examined one contributor to the unusually muggy conditions that might change if a cold front does indeed pass through: Huntsville’s dew point temperatures.
Dew points are a measurement of how much water is in the air, which southeast Texans have come to know all too well with this season’s unrelenting humidity.
Should a cold front move through Walker County over the next few days, Gauthreaux finds that it could drop the humidity slightly, regardless of how weak or strong the front ends up being.
The Weather Channel’s 10-Day Weather Forecast predicts a high in the low-60s during the day and 41 degrees at night on Thanksgiving. There is additionally a 30 percent chance of rain, though this could shift in the coming days.
