Daily brief · United States

Houston 2026-07-14

Verified against recorded weather

Weather-risk signals · signal engine (Open-Meteo)

A heavy rain day could hit

low

A single day could bring around 8.2mm of rain on 2026-07-16 — close to the local heavy-rain reference for this time of year (around 19.7mm in a day). Construction, drainage, and outdoor events should review schedules.

construction · outdoor events · drainage operators · agriculture · rice farmers · cotton growers

A dry stretch is forming

extreme

10 dry days in a row could start 2026-07-18. A dry day here means 1mm of rain or less; the important number is the length of the run. Crops in flowering or fruit-set windows are most exposed.

agriculture · rice farmers · cotton growers · livestock

Water conditions are improving

active

Around 81.5mm of rain has fallen over the past 14 days — above the 23.1mm typical for this period. A healthier water balance is restoring across this area.

hydro operators · agriculture · reservoir ops · rice farmers · cotton growers · livestock

What the day recorded · Open-Meteo daily archive

Rain 1.8 mmMax 26.3 °CMin 23.1 °CGusts 31 km/h
Water conditions are improving: recorded 1.8 mm vs a local baseline of 23.1 mm below the local baseline

Directional single-day check: recorded daily values compared against the historical baseline each signal was measured from. Signals cover multi-day windows, so this is context, not a forecast grade.

What people were seeing · community field reports

No field observations were posted for this place on 2026-07-14.

Market context · futures market

cotton · surge · 7d +10.2%
rice · high 52w · 7d +7%