Clear, Cool Start to Monday in Austin, With a High Near 81 and Rain Chances Building Late Week
Austin starts Monday clear and in the low 60s on the station's live feed, warms to about 81 this afternoon, then turns cooler Tuesday before shower chances build Wednesday through Friday.
Austin begins Monday under clear skies and in the low 60s. The station's live weather feed, powered by Open-Meteo, read 63.7 degrees and clear shortly after 4 a.m., feeling like about 61, on the way to an afternoon high near 81 with only a 2 percent chance of rain.
Tuesday turns a few degrees cooler, with a high near 77 and a low near 66 and rain chances around 17 percent, before temperatures rebound Wednesday to a high near 83. Wednesday also brings the first shower signal of the week, with the feed showing showers and a rain chance near 24 percent.
The wetter part of the pattern arrives late in the week. Thursday holds near 78 with rain chances around 19 percent, and Friday cools to a high near 72 with rain in the forecast and chances near 39 percent - the highest of the five-day stretch on this morning's feed.
For voters heading to early-voting sites and travelers heading to Austin-Bergstrom for the expected record departure day, Monday is the easy day of the week: dry, mild and clear to start. The desk will update the forecast with the 17:00 file as the late-week rain signal firms up.
