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Welcome rain fell on the final days of October in Texas cities like Austin and Houston. A recent streak of dry days helped intensify the Lone Star State’s drought, and another weather pattern change is coming. Record-breaking heat will soon give way to more seasonable temperatures.

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00:00is beginning to look like we weren't going to get any rain at all during the entire month of October
00:03and this creek behind me was about to dry up here in West Houston but finally some rainfall during
00:08the last couple of days of Houston about a third of an inch in total rainfall reported for the
00:12month makes it the 13th driest month on record for the city of Houston one of many cities across
00:16Texas facing a drought that's been expanding and intensifying the good news is rainfall patterns
00:21are changing this area is favored for some scattered showers and thunderstorms over the
00:25next couple of days and also they're going to get a break from the heat here in Houston in particular
00:29which set a record for the number of 90 degree days during the month of October
00:33cooler weather is coming it looks like it'll arrive during the middle and latter part next
00:36week so the hot scorching summer and the hot first part of fall that's going to start to
00:40change as we enter winter I'm meteorologist Tim McGill

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