{"id":107646,"date":"2026-01-01T17:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T17:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/107646\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T17:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T17:50:12","slug":"houston-weather-air-quality-to-improve-with-spring-like-temps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/107646\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston weather: Air quality to improve with Spring-like temps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/80i58fhzwor638dm.jpg\" alt=\"Houston weather. Jan. 1 morning forecast\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; Air quality was degraded early today due to stagnant conditions following overnight celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>   Mild, sunny and hazy New Year&#8217;s Day <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">As soon as midnight hit last night and fireworks went off across southeast Texas, a phenomenon known as a temperature inversion formed and ended up trapping air pollution near the surface of the city. As a result, our air quality reached hazardous levels, which is very rare even for Houston.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Sensitive groups should limit prolonged outdoor activity this morning, with gradual improvement expected by midday and afternoon as mixing increases.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The first day of 2026 features dry weather and plenty of sunshine. Afternoon temperatures climb into the lower 70s, making it feel more like March than early January.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img_3637_720.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  Get ready for Spring weather <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Following two very cold mornings, mostly sunny days along with a south and southwest breeze will bring milder air for the next several days.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Rain chances remain very low.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img_3638_720.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  Brisk mornings, warm days ahead <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Friday brings a noticeable warmup with highs pushing into the 80s under breezy conditions. That warmth settles into a pleasant pattern for the weekend and into next week, with sunny to partly cloudy skies, mild mornings, and afternoons staying in the 70s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Showers could return by Wednesday or Thursday.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Your Gulf Coast Weather Authority<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8211; Air quality was degraded early today due to stagnant conditions following overnight celebrations. Mild, sunny and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,172],"class_list":["post-107646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}