Austin Thursday Weather: The Morning Drizzle Chance Climbs to 43 Percent, Friday Sits at 48 and Election Day Leads the Week at 47
Austin starts Thursday at 68.7 degrees under overcast skies, and the 05:00 file carries a wetter morning than the overnight one: Thursday's rain chance is up to 43 percent, Friday's overcast day holds 48 percent, and Election Day's drizzle chance still leads the week at 47 percent.
Austin's morning is mild, grey and damper than it looked a few hours ago: 68.7 degrees at the 06:00 read, feeling like 73, under overcast skies on the station's live weather feed.
Thursday itself has firmed up wet. The day codes for drizzle, and its rain chance has climbed from 31 percent in the overnight file to 43 percent, with a high of 79.3 and a low of 67.7. For voters using the first of early voting's two long days — seven Travis County sites stay open until 10 p.m. tonight — the practical read is a damp trip, not a rained-out one: drizzle, not downpours.
Friday, the last day of early voting and the day before Halloween, stays overcast with a high of 75.6 and a low of 64.5, and its rain chance holds at 48 percent, the second-highest figure of the week. Saturday is coded for drizzle at 77.6 with a 40 percent chance — worth knowing for Halloween evening plans — and Sunday, the first day after daylight saving time ends, turns overcast, warm and essentially dry at 84, rain chance 2 percent.
Next week opens overcast: Monday at 81.9 with a 27 percent rain chance. Tuesday — Election Day, November 3 — remains a drizzle day at 78, and its 47 percent rain chance is still the wettest single figure on the board, so Austinites voting on the day itself should plan for a damp trip to their precinct. Wednesday clears to sunshine at 80.4. The Weather Desk will refine Friday's rain timing in the 17:00 file.
