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Texas and Oklahoma will turn markedly cooler and windy Friday behind the front, with gusty conditions stretching from the Panhandle and West Texas through Oklahoma and into North Texas. 

                                                                                                                  

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Northeast

Northeast

The Northeast will be cool and unsettled Friday, with showers widespread from New York and southern New England into Vermont and New Hampshire. Steadier rain reaches Buffalo and coastal Maine, while Caribou sees a rain-and-snow mix, with highs ranging from the upper 40s in northern Maine to the upper 70s around New York City and Newark.

  • Albany NY — 69/41°F, showers (0.34 inches of precipitation)

  • Boston — 69/47°F, showers

  • Bridgeport — 71/43°F, showers

  • Buffalo — 70/37°F, rain (0.22 inches of precipitation)

  • Burlington VT — 63/35°F, showers (0.23 inches of precipitation)

  • Caribou — 47/31°F, rain and snow

  • Concord NH — 65/38°F, showers (0.03 inches of precipitation)

  • Hartford Spgfld — 69/47°F, showers (0.03 inches of precipitation)

  • New York City — 76/49°F, showers (0.01 inches of precipitation)

  • Newark — 77/48°F, showers (0.01 inches of precipitation)

  • Portland ME — 62/38°F, rain (0.02 inches of precipitation)

  • Providence — 71/47°F, showers

  • Rochester NY — 70/37°F, showers (0.17 inches of precipitation)

  • Syracuse — 70/35°F, showers (0.27 inches of precipitation)

Mid-Atlantic & East Coast

The Mid-Atlantic and East Coast will remain unsettled Friday, with showers widespread from Ohio and western Pennsylvania through the central Appalachians and into Pennsylvania and Delaware. Thunderstorms reach Baltimore and Washington, while conditions are drier around Richmond and Norfolk, with highs ranging from the mid-60s near the Great Lakes to the upper 80s in Virginia.

  • Akron Canton — 66/40°F, showers (0.01 inches of precipitation)

  • Allentown — 79/45°F, showers (0.10 inches of precipitation)

  • Atlantic City — 79/47°F, showers (0.07 inches of precipitation)

  • Baltimore — 83/48°F, thunderstorms (0.04 inches of precipitation)

  • Charleston WV — 77/46°F, showers (0.02 inches of precipitation)

  • Cleveland — 65/40°F, showers (0.30 inches of precipitation)

  • Elkins — 77/38°F, showers (0.15 inches of precipitation)

  • Erie — 67/40°F, showers (0.10 inches of precipitation)

  • Harrisburg — 81/46°F, showers (0.04 inches of precipitation)

  • Norfolk VA — 88/58°F, partly cloudy

  • Philadelphia — 82/49°F, showers (0.01 inches of precipitation)

  • Pittsburgh — 72/41°F, showers

  • Richmond — 88/52°F, mostly cloudy

  • Roanoke — 85/49°F, showers (0.06 inches of precipitation)

  • Washington DC — 83/51°F, thunderstorms (0.06 inches of precipitation)

  • Wilkes Barre — 74/39°F, showers (0.37 inches of precipitation)

  • Wilmington DE — 81/48°F, showers (0.03 inches of precipitation)

  • Youngstown — 67/37°F, showers (0.01 inches of precipitation)

Florida

Florida will be warm and unsettled Friday, with showers across much of the peninsula and the Keys and thunderstorms around Miami. Jacksonville and Tallahassee remain sunny, while highs generally range from the mid-80s to low 90s and forecast data remain unavailable for West Palm Beach.

  • Daytona Beach — 86/71°F, showers 

  • Jacksonville — 88/68°F, sunny

  • Key West — 89/79°F, showers

  • Miami Beach — 90/77°F, thunderstorms (0.02 inches of precipitation)

  • Orlando — 91/74°F, showers 

  • St Petersburg — 87/76°F, showers

  • Tallahassee — 90/61°F, sunny

  • Tampa — 88/76°F, showers

  • W Palm Beach — 86/80°F, partly sunny

Southeast

The Southeast will show a pronounced west-to-east split Friday, with cooler clouds and showers from the lower Ohio and Tennessee valleys into parts of the Mid-South while sunshine dominates from the southern Appalachians through Georgia and the coastal Southeast. Partly cloudy skies cover portions of Alabama, Mississippi and the Carolinas, with highs ranging from the upper 50s near Evansville and Paducah to around 90°F near Raleigh-Durham.

  • Asheville — 81/42°F, sunny

  • Atlanta — 84/51°F, sunny

  • Baton Rouge — 89/53°F, sunny

  • Birmingham — 86/48°F, partly cloudy

  • Charleston SC — 86/63°F, sunny

  • Charlotte — 86/52°F, sunny

  • Chattanooga — 84/49°F, sunny

  • Columbia SC — 88/56°F, sunny

  • Columbus GA — 87/53°F, sunny

  • Evansville — 57/42°F, mostly cloudy

  • Greensboro — 86/51°F, partly cloudy

  • Huntsville AL — 80/46°F, partly cloudy

  • Jackson MS — 84/50°F, partly cloudy

  • Knoxville — 82/48°F, showers

  • Lexington — 67/41°F, showers (0.07 inches of precipitation)

  • Little Rock — 70/46°F, mostly cloudy

  • Louisville — 64/43°F, showers (0.82 inches of precipitation)

  • Macon — 88/54°F, sunny

  • Memphis — 69/49°F, mostly cloudy

  • Mobile — 86/53°F, partly cloudy

  • Montgomery — 87/51°F, partly cloudy

  • Nashville — 68/46°F, cloudy

  • New Orleans — 87/58°F, sunny

  • Paducah — 58/42°F, mostly cloudy 

  • Raleigh Durham — 90/54°F, partly cloudy

  • Savannah — 87/65°F, sunny

  • Tupelo — 76/47°F, mostly cloudy

Midwest

The Midwest will be cool and unsettled Friday, with showers and rain widespread from the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley into Illinois and Wisconsin while gusty winds sweep the central Plains. Drier conditions reach parts of the northern Plains and Missouri Valley, with highs generally ranging from the mid-40s around Duluth to the upper 60s in Ohio.

  • Bismarck — 50/36°F, sunny

  • Chicago — 54/37°F, showers (0.92 inches of precipitation)

  • Cincinnati — 65/41°F, showers

  • Columbus OH — 69/42°F, showers

  • Dayton — 63/39°F, showers (0.14 inches of precipitation)

  • Des Moines — 52/33°F, windy (0.42 inches of precipitation)

  • Detroit — 60/37°F, rain (0.22 inches of precipitation)

  • Duluth — 45/30°F, partly cloudy (0.35 inches of precipitation)

  • Fargo — 49/35°F, sunny (0.07 inches of precipitation)

  • Flint — 56/32°F, rain (0.18 inches of precipitation)

  • Fort Wayne — 57/35°F, showers (0.20 inches of precipitation)

  • Grand Rapids — 56/33°F, showers (0.21 inches of precipitation)

  • Green Bay — 52/29°F, showers (1.05 inches of precipitation)

  • Indianapolis — 55/39°F, showers (0.91 inches of precipitation)

  • Kansas City — 52/35°F, mostly cloudy (0.03 inches of precipitation)

  • Lansing — 56/33°F, showers (0.46 inches of precipitation)

  • Lincoln — 54/30°F, windy (0.32 inches of precipitation)

  • Madison — 51/30°F, showers (0.58 inches of precipitation)

  • Milwaukee — 54/34°F, showers (0.60 inches of precipitation)

  • Mpls St Paul — 51/36°F, mostly cloudy (0.76 inches of precipitation)

  • Omaha — 54/33°F, windy (0.59 inches of precipitation)

  • Peoria — 54/34°F, showers (0.06 inches of precipitation)

  • Rockford — 53/32°F, showers (0.37 inches of precipitation)

  • Sioux City — 53/30°F, windy (0.25 inches of precipitation)

  • Sioux Falls — 51/33°F, windy (0.28 inches of precipitation)

  • South Bend — 56/35°F, showers (0.06 inches of precipitation)

  • Springfield IL — 55/35°F, showers (0.43 inches of precipitation)

  • Springfield MO — 53/35°F, partly cloudy 

  • St Louis — 54/42°F, partly cloudy (0.59 inches of precipitation)

  • St Ste Marie — 48/27°F, showers (0.75 inches of precipitation)

  • Toledo — 60/37°F, showers (0.26 inches of precipitation)

  • Topeka — 54/32°F, mostly cloudy (0.03 inches of precipitation)

  • Wichita — 56/33°F, windy (0.06 inches of precipitation)

Texas & Oklahoma

Texas and Oklahoma will turn markedly cooler and windy Friday behind the front, with gusty conditions stretching from the Panhandle and West Texas through Oklahoma and into North Texas. Showers and thunderstorms linger along the Gulf Coast and far South Texas while eastern portions of the region range from sunny to mostly cloudy, with highs spanning the mid-50s in the Panhandle to the upper 80s near Brownsville.

  • Abilene TX — 61/42°F, windy (1.00 inch of precipitation)

  • Amarillo — 54/32°F, windy

  • Austin — 69/49°F, mostly cloudy

  • Brownsville — 88/61°F, thunderstorms

  • Corpus Christi — 84/57°F, showers

  • Dallas Ft Worth — 64/48°F, windy (0.10 inches of precipitation)

  • El Paso — 64/46°F, dust

  • Fort Smith — 65/43°F, sunny

  • Houston Intcntl — 75/52°F, mostly cloudy

  • Lake Charles — 85/55°F, partly cloudy (0.03 inches of precipitation)

  • Lubbock — 57/34°F, windy (0.01 inches of precipitation)

  • Midland Odessa — 59/37°F, windy (0.14 inches of precipitation)

  • Oklahoma City — 57/39°F, windy (0.79 inches of precipitation)

  • San Angelo — 61/40°F, windy (0.68 inches of precipitation)

  • San Antonio — 70/51°F, windy

  • Shreveport — 70/50°F, mostly cloudy

  • Tulsa — 59/39°F, windy (0.43 inches of precipitation)

  • Waco — 67/48°F, windy

  • Wichita Falls — 61/39°F, windy (2.31 inches of precipitation)

Mountain West

The Mountain West will be mostly dry and cool Friday, with sunshine widespread from Montana through Wyoming and Colorado into western Kansas and South Dakota. Helena, Missoula, and North Platte are partly cloudy, with highs generally ranging from the low 50s around Rapid City and North Platte to the upper 60s at Great Falls.

  • Billings — 64/46°F, sunny

  • Casper — 55/31°F, sunny

  • Cheyenne — 55/34°F, sunny (0.18 inches of precipitation)

  • Colorado Spgs — 56/28°F, sunny

  • Denver — 57/34°F, sunny (0.03 inches of precipitation)

  • Goodland — 55/28°F, sunny

  • Great Falls — 68/45°F, sunny

  • Helena — 63/33°F, partly cloudy

  • Missoula — 65/36°F, partly cloudy

  • North Platte — 54/25°F, partly cloudy (0.01 inches of precipitation)

  • Pueblo — 58/27°F, sunny

  • Rapid City — 53/35°F, sunny

Desert Southwest

The Desert Southwest will be mostly dry Friday, with sunshine widespread from New Mexico and Utah through southern Nevada and Idaho. Smoke lingers around Flagstaff, dust affects Tucson, and windy conditions develop in Phoenix and Yuma, with highs ranging from the upper 50s in the higher terrain to the low 90s near the lower Colorado River.

  • Albuquerque — 66/34°F, sunny

  • Flagstaff — 57/35°F, smoke

  • Grand Junction — 63/41°F, sunny

  • Las Vegas — 82/62°F, sunny

  • Phoenix — 89/71°F, windy

  • Pocatello — 65/30°F, sunny

  • Salt Lake City — 67/45°F, sunny

  • Santa Fe — 60/29°F, sunny

  • Tucson — 79/61°F, dust

  • Yuma — 92/73°F, windy

California

California and nearby Reno will be sunny and warm Friday, with clear skies across every listed location. Highs range from the mid-70s around Reno to the mid-90s in Los Angeles and San Diego, while prior-day temperature and precipitation data remain unavailable for Los Angeles.

  • Fresno — 88/59°F, sunny

  • Los Angeles — 95/70°F, sunny 

  • Reno — 75/41°F, sunny

  • Sacramento — 86/54°F, sunny

  • San Diego — 95/73°F, sunny

  • San Francisco — 87/59°F, sunny

  • San Jose — 88/60°F, sunny

Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest will be mostly dry and mild Friday, with partly cloudy skies widespread from western Oregon and Washington into eastern Washington and northeast Oregon. Boise and Medford remain sunny, with highs generally ranging from the upper 60s around Yakima to the mid-80s in southern Oregon.

  • Boise — 77/44°F, sunny

  • Eugene — 78/46°F, partly cloudy

  • Medford — 86/45°F, sunny

  • Pendleton — 72/42°F, partly cloudy

  • Portland OR — 78/52°F, partly cloudy

  • Salem OR — 75/49°F, partly cloudy

  • Seattle — 72/54°F, partly cloudy

  • Spokane — 70/43°F, partly cloudy

  • Yakima — 69/43°F, partly cloudy

Alaska, Hawaii & Caribbean

Alaska will remain cool and mixed Friday, with rain in Juneau, a rain-and-snow mix in Fairbanks, and partly cloudy skies in Anchorage. Honolulu stays sunny and warm, while San Juan and St. Thomas see showers with highs near 90°F.

  • Anchorage — 46/36°F, partly cloudy

  • Fairbanks — 39/27°F, rain and snow

  • Honolulu — 86/71°F, sunny

  • Juneau — 50/38°F, rain (1.64 inches of precipitation)

  • San Juan PR — 89/80°F, showers (0.06 inches of precipitation)

  • St Thomas VI — 90/82°F, showers (0.19 inches of precipitation)

Sources: NWS Selected Cities Summary, Fri Oct 16, 2026


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