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Houston weather this week

Houston, Texas

Houston scores 5.3 out of 10 and has exactly one genuinely clear day in the next 7. Dull days (4) still outnumber bright ones (3), so this is not a good week.

5.3/10
Mostly dull
<built-in method clear of dict object at 0x7ce261b31b80> genuinely clear days, 2 partly cloudy, 2 overcast, 2 wet, 0 stormy — out of 7 forecast days.
Bright days 3 vs dull days 4. Dull wins, so we do not call this a good week.
We are not showing a flattering tier word here. Why the score and the sky can disagree.

1 clear of 7 days · best run 2 days — The clouds are winning — 1 clear day out of 7 and 103°F heat

The next 7 days in Houston

Every number below is the forecast we hold, rendered as text — nothing here is drawn on a canvas or filled in by JavaScript. The rain figure is the highest chance across all 7 days (32%), not the lowest, because the worst number is the useful one.

Booking window Tue 11 Aug–Thu 13 Aug: 5.9/10 for those days alone. The 7-day outlook score (5.3) covers the full table below and includes days outside that window.

Houston daily forecast, Sun 9 Aug to Sat 15 Aug (7 days total). Best single day scores 7.6; worst scores 4.0. A lone good day cannot carry the week.
Day High Low Rain chance Sky Day score
92°F 78°F 17% Violent showers wet 4.0
Violent showers - expect to get wet
89°F 76°F 32% Light drizzle wet 6.9
Light drizzle - expect to get wet
101°F 81°F 16% Overcast cloudy 6.3
Cloudy and dry
103°F 81°F 6% Clear clear 7.6
Clear but hot (103°F)
103°F 81°F 1% Overcast cloudy 6.2
Cloudy and dry
102°F 81°F 12% Partly cloudy partly 7.1
Partly cloudy and dry
103°F 83°F 9% Partly cloudy partly 7.0
Partly cloudy and dry

How this week got its score

  • 7 forecast days: 1 clear/mainly clear, 2 partly cloudy, 2 overcast, 2 wet (fog/drizzle/rain/showers), 0 stormy.
  • Trimmed mean of day scores 6.7 × 0.55 = 3.69
  • Worst day drag: worst day is 4.0 × 0.25 = 1.00 - one bad day cannot be averaged away.
  • Longest consecutive run of good days (≥7.0) is 2/7 = 29% coverage × 0.20 = 0.57
  • Best single day is 7.6 but it only counts through the trimmed mean - a lone great day cannot carry the window.
  • Advertised 3-day window (2026-08-11→2026-08-13) scores 5.9 on its own.
  • Legacy gate counted 6/7 days as "perfect sun"; this model counts 1 genuinely clear.

The full model, including why a single great day cannot rescue a bad week, is on the methodology page.

Getting to Houston

The nearest airport we price is IAH. From New York City that is about 3h 18m in the air out of EWR, 1398 miles. Then about 15m to drive from HOU (est. 10 mi — road model, not real routing). Total door-to-lounger: 3h 33m. Flight times from 55 other departure metros are on the search page.

Where to stay in Houston

3 properties we currently hold live rates for, in supplier order. The nightly rate shown is what the supplier returned at the last refresh for the window above — it is a held rate, not a quote, and it moves.

So, should you go?

Houston scores 5.3 out of 10 and has exactly one genuinely clear day in the next 7. Dull days (4) still outnumber bright ones (3), so this is not a good week. There is some sun in this window, but not much. Compare it against the rest of the list before booking.

Houston by month — 8-year ERA5 history

Historical clear-sky percentages from the ERA5 reanalysis (2018–2025). This is history, not a forecast — the 7-day forecast above is this week. They can and do differ.

Houston: clear-sky % by month, ERA5 2018–2025. n = days sampled.
Month Historically clear Sample (n)
January 2% n=248 all destinations →
February 6% n=226 all destinations →
March 15% n=248 all destinations →
April 28% n=240 all destinations →
May 23% n=248 all destinations →
June 19% n=240 all destinations →
July 21% n=248 all destinations →
August 23% n=248 all destinations →
September 30% n=240 all destinations →
October 44% n=248 all destinations →
November 25% n=240 all destinations →
December 6% n=248 all destinations →

Each month links to the detailed almanac page for Houston in that month. The “all destinations” column links to the full ranking across all destinations for that month.

Forecast data from Open-Meteo, last refreshed 2026-08-09T05:01:05.311896Z. Hotel names and rates come from LiteAPI and change constantly; the rate shown is the rate we held at refresh time, not a quote. Scores are forecasts, not guarantees, and the whole model is published on our methodology page.