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Frost-covered leaves in Houston, January 2026
Houston managed to avoid the worst of a winter storm that hit Texas last weekend. Days later, freezing temperatures are expected to return.
Though precipitation is not in the forecast this time, the National Weather Service’s Houston/Galveston office has issued a freeze watch from Saturday evening through Sunday morning. A cold weather advisory is in effect on Saturday morning.
“We’re not ruling out a cold weather advisory [Sunday morning] just yet,” Bradley Brokamp, a meteorologist with NWS, told Houston Public Media on Friday morning. “It’s possible it could be warranted for Saturday night into Sunday as well, given some of the wind chill values that are currently forecasted.”
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National Weather Service, Houston/Galveston
A freeze watch is in effect from the National Weather Service for much of southeast Texas beginning Jan. 31, 2026 into the following morning.
Temperatures are forecasted to drop into the mid-30s on Friday night. Saturday morning will have wind chills as low as 13 degrees. A hard freeze is expected Sunday morning, with lows between 18 and 32 degrees.
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As such, the City of Houston is opening 12 warming centers beginning at 5 p.m. Friday. City officials have not indicated how long they will remain open.
Here are the city’s warming centers:
Acres Homes Multi-Service Center: 6719 W. Montgomery Rd.
Denver Harbor Multi-Service Center: 6402 Market St.
Fifth Ward Multi-Service Center: 4014 Market St.
Fonde Community Center: 110 Sabine St.
Kashmere Multi-Service Center: 4802 Lockwood Dr.
Magnolia Multi-Service Center: 7037 Capitol St.
Metropolitan Multi-Service Center: 1475 W. Gray St.
Moody Community Center: 3725 Fulton St.
Northeast Multi-Service Center: 9720 Spaulding St.
Southwest Multi-Service Center: 6400 High Star Dr.
Sunnyside Multi-Service Center: 4410 Reed Rd.
Third Ward Multi-Service Center: 3611 Ennis St.
Houston Public Media’s Thomas Perumean contributed to this report.