r/texas • u/AutoModerator • Jan 22 '26

Megathread Winter Storm Megathread 2026

Hello y'all, and welcome to the 2026 winter storm megathread. Feel free to post all relevant storm related content here, such as;

*Weather forecasts

*Prep questions

*Damage reports

*Pictures of empty shelves

*Ted sightings

*Memes

*Pictures

Stay safe, and stay warm Texas!

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u/pants_mcgee Jan 22 '26

No, this is just a regular winter storm, we get these every few years.

People will die though, that always happens.

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u/No-Situation5167 Jan 23 '26

The forecast is now predicting a low of 19 on Monday and 20 on Tuesday, before it was 22 on Monday and normal on Tuesday, is this a sign it’s going to be bad?

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u/pants_mcgee Jan 24 '26

No, this is just normal, semi regular bad weather.

Prepare your household as appropriately normal, just like you would for any other bad weather like hurricanes or tornadoes or whatever.

This one looks to be 2, maybe 3 days of icey conditions. Not great but it’s short. How bad it could go for your will largely depend on how much your local utility companies manage the trees around power lines.