Texas Weather: 02-21-2026

The Texas Weather Podcast by The Weather Podcast, Inc.

Episode notes
Good evening, folks! I'm Aaron Jolly, and welcome to the Texas Weather Podcast for Saturday, February 21st. Here's the deal. Texas is running a 30 degree temperature spread right now. South Texas hit 85 degrees today. North Texas barely cracked the low 60s. That's like summer and fall having a staring contest across I-35. But the real headline tonight? Fire danger. A Red Flag Warning covers most of South and Central Texas. Humidity dropped to 10 percent today. Combine that with winds gusting to 30 miles an hour, and any spark becomes a nightmare. If you're thinking about a backyard fire pit tonight, don't. Just don't. Down in South Texas, you're crashing from 85 degrees to 44 by 35 degrees A.M. tomorrow. That's a 40 degree nosedive overnight. Your body won't know what hit it. Central Texas saw low 70s today with a steady 35 degrees mile an hour b ... 
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