Todays weather in Houston Texas · 14 May 2026 · 3 min

Todays weather in Houston Texas - Thursday - 14 May 2026

Fifty mile per hour wind gusts, a 70% chance of spotty showers, and an active air quality alert make this a genuinely disruptive commute day for Houston. Get your full weather briefing for Wednesday, May 14 — what to wear, when to brace, and what's coming this weekend.

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Todays weather in Houston Texas - Thursday - 14 May 2026

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Fifty MPH Gusts Hit Houston

Fifty mile per hour wind gusts are expected to hit Houston today, and if you haven't planned your commute around that yet, now's the time. This is the lead signal for May fourteenth.

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Rain Chances And What To Wear

On top of the wind, there's a seventy percent chance of spotty showers throughout the day. The word "spotty" matters here.

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Air Quality Alert In Effect

Here's what matters beyond the commute. An air quality alert is active for Wednesday.

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Humidity Building Toward Weekend

Looking a little further out, humidity is on the rise. Coastal moisture is expanding, and that matters because it sets up the next shift in the pattern.

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What Comes Next

The two things worth watching over the next forty-eight hours are peak gust timing and how the air quality situation evolves as the wind pattern shifts. If gusts reach fifty miles per hour during peak commute hours, that's a different problem than gusts hitting in the afternoon.

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