Hva som skjer i Houston, United States gjennom året

Toppsesong — Chevron Houston Marathon, Christmas and New Year

• Festival

  Chevron Houston Marathon

  10.–20. jan · vanligvisSportsarrangementMye folkStengninger

  Twenty-five thousand runners through downtown and the Heights on a Sunday in mid-January, on the one weekend the weather here is reliably good for it. Downtown closes from before dawn. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Cedar and oak pollen (15. des – 15. apr (vanligvis)), Christmas and New Year (24. des – 1. jan)

Travelt — Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

• Festival

  Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

  25. feb – 25. mar · vanligvisStor festivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  Twenty days at NRG Park with a rodeo and a stadium concert every night, plus a barbecue contest the week before and a trail ride into downtown. It is the biggest thing Houston does. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Cedar and oak pollen (15. des – 15. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Spring break i United States

• Natur

  Azaleas and spring bloom

  1. mar – 5. apr · vanligvisVillblomster og blomstring

  River Oaks and the Bayou Bend gardens flower in March, and the Hill Country bluebonnets are a three-hour drive west at the same time. The short, decent stretch of the Houston year. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (25. feb – 25. mar (vanligvis)), Cedar and oak pollen (15. des – 15. apr (vanligvis))

Travelt — en av de beste månedene værmessig

• Festival

  Art Car Parade

  5.–20. apr · vanligvisKunstfestivalStengninger

  Two hundred and fifty mutated vehicles down Allen Parkway on a Saturday in April, free to watch and genuinely strange. The largest event of its kind anywhere. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Azaleas and spring bloom (1. mar – 5. apr (vanligvis)), Cedar and oak pollen (15. des – 15. apr (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

• Fare

  Mosquito season

  1. mai – 31. okt · vanligvisInsekter og sykdom

  Harris County runs one of the largest mosquito control operations in the country and still sprays by air after a wet week. Anything on a bayou trail or a patio needs repellent until the first front arrives. Kilde ↗

• Fare

  Gulf coast heat and humidity

  20. mai – 25. sep · vanligvisEkstrem varme

  Four months where the dew point does not drop and the heat index sits above forty most afternoons. The city is built to be crossed by car and air conditioning for a reason. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Houston Pride, Summer break i United States

• Fare

  Atlantic hurricane season

  1. jun – 30. nov

  The risk concentrates from mid-August into September. The bigger and more frequent problem here is not the wind but the rainfall: this is a flat city that floods on a stalled storm. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Houston Pride

  20.–30. jun · vanligvisMye folk

  The parade runs downtown after dark at the end of June, which is the only sensible way to hold one here that month. Smith and Lamar close from the afternoon and the downtown hotels sell out. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Mosquito season (1. mai – 31. okt (vanligvis)), Gulf coast heat and humidity (20. mai – 25. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Freedom Over Texas, Summer break i United States

• Helligdag

  Freedom Over Texas

  4. julNasjonaldagMye folk

  The city's Fourth of July festival on the lawns at Eleanor Tinsley Park, ending with fireworks over Buffalo Bayou. Allen Parkway and Memorial shut for most of the day and the bayou trail with them. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Mosquito season (1. mai – 31. okt (vanligvis)), Gulf coast heat and humidity (20. mai – 25. sep (vanligvis)), Atlantic hurricane season (1. jun – 30. nov)

Travelt — Summer break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Mosquito season (1. mai – 31. okt (vanligvis)), Gulf coast heat and humidity (20. mai – 25. sep (vanligvis)), Atlantic hurricane season (1. jun – 30. nov)

Travelt — Summer break i United States

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Mosquito season (1. mai – 31. okt (vanligvis)), Gulf coast heat and humidity (20. mai – 25. sep (vanligvis)), Atlantic hurricane season (1. jun – 30. nov)

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

• Sesong

  The first cool fronts

  15. okt – 10. des · vanligvisTørrsesong

  From mid-October the fronts start reaching the coast and the humidity finally breaks. Late autumn is the best stretch of the year here and almost nobody books it.

Fortsatt på gang: Mosquito season (1. mai – 31. okt (vanligvis)), Atlantic hurricane season (1. jun – 30. nov)

Toppsesong — Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving break i United States

• Helligdag

  Thanksgiving

  25.–29. novNasjonaldagMye folkStengninger

  Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Atlantic hurricane season (1. jun – 30. nov), The first cool fronts (15. okt – 10. des (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Christmas and New Year, Winter / Christmas break i United States

• Fare

  Cedar and oak pollen

  15. des – 15. apr · vanligvisPollensesong

  Mountain cedar blows in from the Hill Country around the turn of the year, oak takes over through February and March, and the city publishes a pollen count daily because enough people plan their week around it. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Christmas and New Year

  24. des – 1. janJul og nyttårStengningerMye folk

  Christmas Day and New Year's Day are federal holidays: on 25 December most shops, museums and many restaurants close, and airports stay busy through the week between as families travel. New Year's Eve fills bars and restaurants, many at set-menu prices. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: The first cool fronts (15. okt – 10. des (vanligvis)), Thanksgiving (25.–29. nov)