{"id":181732,"date":"2026-02-26T19:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/181732\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T19:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:50:12","slug":"texas-could-see-record-breaking-february-heat-while-more-snow-looms-for-northeast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/181732\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas could see record-breaking February heat while more snow looms for Northeast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Just one week after a historic blizzard pummeled New England and other parts of the Interstate 95 corridor, yet another potential multi-day winter storm could impact millions across 25 states in the Northeast, as well as the Midwest beginning Sunday.<\/p>\n

TEXAS – As temperatures rise across the Southwest<\/a>, Texas<\/a> could see days of record-breaking February heat throughout the rest of the week. Meanwhile, the Northeast<\/a> braces for the chance of even more snow.<\/p>\n

Rounds of snow have pounded the I-95 corridor. From a historic blizzard<\/a> to more light flurries, and now with another winter<\/a> storm on the horizon, the region could continue to be hammered by more winter weather.<\/p>\n

HISTORIC BLIZZARD OF 2026 SMASHES SNOW RECORDS AS MILLIONS BEGIN TO DIG OUT FROM VICIOUS BOMB CYCLONE<\/a><\/p>\n

Earlier this week, snowfall records were shattered, including a whopping 37.9 inches recorded in Povidence, Rhode Island<\/a>, making it the all-time biggest snowstorm for the city.<\/p>\n

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\n Snow covers cars and sidewalks during the blizzard in Staten Island.\u00a0
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\n Someone marveling at the amount of snow in Brooklyn, NY.
\n (Jolie)<\/p>\n

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\n Heavy snow falling in Brockton, MA during Blizzard ’26.\u00a0
\n (Ryan Linn)<\/p>\n

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\n Heavy snow on Monday morning in Providence, Rhode Island.\u00a0
\n (Gary DeCorte)<\/p>\n

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\n Snow-covered cars in a neighborhood in East Providence, Rhode Island.\u00a0
\n (John)<\/p>\n

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\n A driver clears snow off a vehicle during a winter storm in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026.\u00a0
\n (Photographer: Michael Nagle\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\"Historic <\/p>\n

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\n Historic blizzard of Feb. 2026 brings nearly a foot of snow to Fairview, NJ
\n (Miriam Caso)<\/p>\n

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\n Over 2 feet of snow reported in Islip, NY with drifts adding to the mounds on Feb. 23, 2026.
\n (Lisa)<\/p>\n

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\n Powerful blizzard of Feb. 2026 buries Swansea, MA, in mounds snow
\n (Luis Quevedo)<\/p>\n

With multiple states across the Northeast slammed with over 2 feet of snow<\/a> from the massive blizzard<\/a>, hurricane-force winds<\/a> and whiteout conditions<\/a>, power outages swept the region.<\/p>\n

NEXT POTENTIAL WINTER STORM LOOMS OVER MILLIONS ACROSS MIDWEST, NORTHEAST THIS WEEKEND<\/a><\/p>\n

Not even a day later, more moderate snow<\/a> fell along the corridor, and now the Northeast is bracing for potentially more as the next winter storm threat looms<\/a>.<\/p>\n

March storm overview
(FOX Weather)
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Meanwhile, down in South Texas, more record heat is possible and this time, it could be the hottest it’s ever been in the month of February \u2014 for the entire state.<\/p>\n

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Potential February records for Texas<\/p>\n

(FOX Weather)<\/p>\n

Several locations near the Rio Grande River are looking at the potential for temperatures to reach over 100 degrees.<\/p>\n

Laredo, Texas,<\/a> is one such location which typically does not see 100 degrees until April.<\/p>\n

PHOENIX EYES EARLIEST 90-DEGREE DAY IN 40 YEARS AS SOUTHWEST SIZZLES, NORTHEAST GETS SMACKED WITH MORE SNOW<\/a><\/p>\n

Other cities across the Southwest<\/a> have the possibility of breaking multiple days of record-high temperatures<\/a> as well, including Phoenix<\/a> and Las Vegas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Southwest forecast highs map
(FOX Weather)
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The FOX Forecast Center<\/a> said in Phoenix’s 131 years of record-keeping, Phoenix<\/a> has reached the 90s in February in only five previous years.<\/p>\n

HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER<\/a><\/p>\n

It would also mark its earliest 90-degree day since Feb. 26, 1986, which was 40 years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just one week after a historic blizzard pummeled New England and other parts of the Interstate 95 corridor,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[6550,3267,72808,25293,27652,8426,72809,27,29,28,2430,12396,72810,9181],"class_list":{"0":"post-181732","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-fox-weather","11":"tag-nevada","12":"tag-northeast","13":"tag-southwest","14":"tag-stay22","15":"tag-texas","16":"tag-texas-headlines","17":"tag-texas-news","18":"tag-west","19":"tag-winter","20":"tag-winter-across-america","21":"tag-winter-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181732","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=181732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}