The weather in Austin is taking a textbook turn from scorching heats to potential Halloween showers, with the forecast for today showing sunny skies and a high near 92 degrees, calm winds picking up at 5 mph, shifting from west to south throughout the day, as reported by National Weather Service. The evening will follow suit with clear conditions and a drop to about 67 degrees, ensuring a calm end to an enkindling day, moving into a Sunday that echoes the sizzle.
Record heat is nothing new for Austin's October, and Friday's 91 degrees tied the peak temperature for October 25th set in decades past, 1950, 1988, and 1992, before 2024 entered the chat, this according to KXAN.com. The temperature stride is not losing steam today with forecasts predicting the upper 80s to low 90s again, a record that was first hit in 1950 but now might see the day ending with a switching wind pattern thanks to a weak cold front that insists on keeping rain at bay.
Looking ahead, there's a tease of change as Monday dials back, only so slightly, to the upper 80s; the 89 degrees potentially on tap at Camp Mabry could meet the record set all the way back in 1917, punctuating a streak of heat that has been more rule than exception. Shifting weather gears, midweek promises the arrival of a cold front, anticipated Wednesday into Thursday, married with an upper-level low sailing into the Pacific Northwest, as per a pattern change noted by KXAN, which is expected to bring the winds and moist whispers from the Pacific.
Rain chances, as elusive as they've been, are climbing the probability ladder for midweek, all the way to Saturday; the much-awaited cool down tangoes with moisture, foreseeing not just a dip in the temperature but also an increase in the chances for drenching, "A few isolated showers will be a part of Tuesday’s forecast but it’s Wednesday to Saturday where rain chances are the highest they’ve been in weeks," revealed the European map model cited by KXAN. This weather waltz could culminate in a Halloween dressed not just with costumes but perhaps, with umbrellas in hand, should showers decide to join in the candy collection ritual.
