{"id":362220,"date":"2026-07-06T00:02:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T00:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/362220\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T00:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T00:02:18","slug":"dog-days-of-summer-are-here-will-austin-ever-see-rain-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/362220\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog days of summer are here: Will Austin ever see rain this week?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although the \u201cdog days\u201d of summer traditionally has referred to the hottest days of the year, the days are actually a specific period: July 3 to Aug. 11 every year.\u00a0The dog days begin 20 days before and 20 days after Sirius, the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major<\/a> (\u201clarger dog\u201d in Latin), rises and falls in conjunction with our sun.<\/p>\n

Ancient Romans linked Sirius to periods of prolonged heat and dryness that were believed to cause lethargy, fevers, increased illness and overall misfortune,\u00a0according to The Old Farmer\u2019s Almanac<\/a>.<\/p>\n

These days, Austin might feel the same way \u2014 especially with a short-term forecast that doesn\u2019t offer much hope<\/a> of relief from the heat.<\/p>\n

Austin on Sunday will start out partly sunny before gradually becoming sunnier, with afternoon temperatures flirting near 100 degrees, likely peaking at 98, forecasters said. Humidity continues to be elevated, so expect those upper 90s to \u201cfeel\u201d more like 103 degrees.<\/p>\n

A subtropical system of high atmospheric pressure that had built up between New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle on Saturday will continue to influence weather in Central Texas, according to the weather service<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis setup\u00a0translates to sinking air, resulting in dry and hot conditions\u00a0across South-Central Texas,\u201d the weather service said in a forecast discussion<\/a> for the region, adding that \u201cbased on the\u00a0position of the subtropical high and how strong is it, not\u00a0expecting to see shower or thunderstorm activity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Forecasters said that if any showers do manage\u00a0to form, they would be brief and isolated.<\/p>\n

\u201cDry and hot conditions are forecast for the work week with the persistent (influence) of the subtropical high over the Texas region,\u201d the weather service said.<\/p>\n

For Austin, that translates into a fairly static weather outlook from forecasters:<\/p>\n

The influential high pressure system is expected to shift Monday toward the Four Corners region in the desert Southwest and weaken a bit, forecasters said. Although this could allow for storms to bubble up in parts of the Hill Country and southern Edwards Plateau, the weather service said the chances are still rather low, no more than 20%\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is an inverted upper level trough (of low air pressure) across the\u00a0local area on Tuesday while the subtropical ridge (of high pressure) stays over the Four Corners region,\u201d the weather service said. \u201cAfternoon heating along with this weakness\u00a0could bring some showers and storms across the Hill Country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Forecasters said a similar setup to Tuesday is expected Wednesday but with even drier weather.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe subtropical high builds back to the\u00a0east and into our area on Thursday into Friday to end rain chances\u00a0for the latter part of the week, including next weekend,\u201d the weather service said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Although the \u201cdog days\u201d of summer traditionally has referred to the hottest days of the year, the days…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-362220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362220","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=362220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}