The first day of fall is around the corner — but with blazing sun and heavy humidity, temperatures will feel far from cold fronts, changing leaves or pumpkin spice-inspired consumables in Corpus Christi.
The first “official” day of fall, known as the fall equinox, is Sept. 22. It’s one of “two times of the year when the Earth's axis is tilted neither toward nor away from the sun, resulting in a ‘nearly’ equal amount of daylight and darkness at all latitudes,” according to the National Weather Service’s website.
“At the equator, the sun is directly overhead at noon on these two equinoxes,” it states. “The ‘nearly’ equal hours of day and night is due to refraction of sunlight or a bending of the light's rays that causes the sun to appear above the horizon
when the actual position of the sun is below the horizon.”
In South Texas, the first day of fall is nearly never called by a calendar date but signals a waiting spell for the first cool front of the season.
It’s predicted that Corpus Christi’s daytime high the day the equinox arrives will hover around 94 degrees, which will continue throughout the end of the week, according to a forecast posted on the website of the local office of the National Weather Service.
Overnight lows are expected to stay at a steady 78 degrees to 79 degrees.
Kirsten Crow covers city government and water news. Have a story idea? Contact her at kirsten.crow@caller.com.
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