This week, Houston hit a record, but not the kind we celebrate. We\u2019ve now logged the most 80\u00b0+ days in a single year\u2026 and we still have more than a month left, with more 80s on the way.<\/p>\n
What really stands out is that every top year for 80-degree days has happened since 2012. That\u2019s based on records going all the way back to 1877, more than 140 years of data.<\/p>\n
But honestly, what fascinated me most wasn\u2019t the record itself. It was the reaction from so many of you on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. So in today\u2019s newsletter, I\u2019m taking a closer look at your comments and what this record really says about our weather.<\/p>\n
Matt Wilson stated<\/b>:<\/p>\n
\u201cFunny because the summer was pretty mild. The problem is, it\u2019s been a mild summer since May, and it\u2019s still going in mid-November.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kelvin Caban said<\/b>:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s had less peaks (that I noticed) but on average higher temps. Very annoying. Let me get that good fall weather.\u201d<\/p>\n
Amy Pond exclaimed<\/b>:<\/p>\n
\u201cI hate it here. I gotta move. I shouldn\u2019t be wanting to jump into a swimming pool in the middle of November.\u201d<\/p>\n
Circled are numbers that stick out above the rest (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston – All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n
The chart above breaks down the top eight years with the most 80\u00b0 days in Houston. There are two big reasons why we set the record this year: how early the warmth started and how long it has stuck around.<\/p>\n
You\u2019ll notice I circled February and October. We jumped into the 80s unusually early in the year, and we\u2019ve held onto them deep into the fall. We saw a similar pattern in 2024, with plenty of 80s late into October and November. And 2017 also got an early jump, with 12 days above 80\u00b0 in February alone.<\/p>\n
One more interesting detail: the final year on that list is 1908. That\u2019s the only one in the top eight that isn\u2019t from the last two decades. <\/p>\n
Lawrence Lopez said<\/b>:<\/p>\n
\u201cOn average, yes, but didn\u2019t seem to feature a lot of blistering heat days.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carols Lerma asked<\/b>:<\/p>\n
\u201c80\u2019s are the new 70\u2019s. Do you have stats for 90\u2019s and 100\u2019s?\u201d<\/p>\n
2025 takes the title again (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston – All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n
Why yes, I do Carlos. The graphic above highlights the years with the most 90\u00b0 days in Houston, and once again, 2025 sits at the top of the list. Not exactly the kind of win we\u2019re hoping for.<\/p>\n
Another noteworthy detail: only two years appear in the top five for both the most 80\u00b0 and 90\u00b0 days, 2025 and 2024. That\u2019s a pretty clear signal of just how consistently warm our recent years have been.<\/p>\n
How the numbers break down (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston – All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n
A few things really stand out when you look at how those 90\u00b0 days were distributed throughout the year. First, among the top five years, 2025 had the earliest 90\u00b0 day, all the way back in March. Then July turned into a clean sweep, with every single day topping 90\u00b0. And just like 2024, we logged the most 90\u00b0 days in October. <\/p>\n
Houston continues to trend warmer, not just with extreme heat in the summer, but with warmth stretching earlier into the year and lasting well into fall. That\u2019s why we keep seeing these record-breaking 80\u00b0 and 90\u00b0 days stack up.<\/p>\n
Lindi Kessinger said:<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe but a lot less 100-degree days this summer! I\u2019ll take more 80s all year and less 100s in the summer!\u201d<\/p>\n
Matt LaBove asked:<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cNow compare triple-digit days.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paul Humphries stated:<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cAbsolutely shocked that 2011 isn\u2019t on that list. 2011 was the summer of fire!\u201d<\/p>\n
With 8 100 degree days in 2025 we did not make the top five list (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston – All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n
Paul, you are going to have to forgive me. 2011 does appear on the 80\u00b0 list, tied for 5th place with 2020 and 1999. It also ranks second for the most 90\u00b0 days. The year 2011 still holds the record for the most 100\u00b0 days in Houston with 46!<\/p>\n
By comparison, 2025 has seen 8 days above 100\u00b0, which puts us in a tie for 17th place. Hot, yes, but still a long way from 2011\u2019s brutal summer.<\/p>\n
2024 and 2025 are lower on the list (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston – All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n
The chart above shows the full breakdown of the years with the most 100\u00b0 days in Houston. In 2011, all but one day in August hit at least 100\u00b0, a month many of us will never forget. More recently, 2023 set the record for the most 100\u00b0 days in September. And this year, 2025, brought us 8 triple-digit days, six in August and two in July.<\/p>\n
To wrap things up, I want to address a couple of comments:<\/p>\n
Joshua Phillip wrote:<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cLet us not forget how cool June and July were! Historic!\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s true, June and July didn\u2019t feel quite as oppressive as some recent summers. But they were still hotter than average. June finished with a monthly average of 93.2\u00b0, ranking 21st hottest on record. July came in at 95.3\u00b0, also 21st in the record books. So while the heat wasn\u2019t headline-grabbing, it definitely wasn\u2019t \u201chistorically cool.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alexander Bourg asked:<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cWill this translate to another blizzard for the Gulf Coast?\u201d<\/p>\n
Without being too much of a stickler for definitions, I think Alexander is asking if it will snow again. There is no correlation between record-setting warm years and snow in the winter. But we all know it snowed this past January. I, for one, would like a repeat as long as the power stays on. <\/p>\n
Anthony’s Weather Lab<\/p>\n
More Stories Like This In Our Email Newsletter<\/p>\n
Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week, Houston hit a record, but not the kind we celebrate. We\u2019ve now logged the most 80\u00b0+…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":395415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[1599,4345,6498,109837,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-395414","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-forecast","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-houston-heat","11":"tag-record-highs","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115589677678744675","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}