ABC13 Weather Alert: Hard freeze, dangerously cold conditions Monday for Houston, SE Texas
ByABC13 Digital Team 
Last updated: Monday, January 26, 2026 7:44PM GMT
Dangerously cold conditions led to a hard freeze Monday morning.
An Extreme Cold Warning is in effect for all of Southeast Texas until noon Tuesday. Temperatures will fall well below freezing by sunrise on Monday.
As the arctic airmass crosses our area, power and water outages and partial road closures have affected most communities north and west of Houston. Montgomery County experienced widespread outages by Sunday evening, officials said.
Many school districts and universities, as well as public offices and courts, are closed on Monday due to inclement weather.
The ABC13 Digital Team is tracking the latest developments throughout southeast Texas and delivering them through the live updates below.
Jan 26, 2026, 4:26 PM GMT
METRO officials announce multiple routes suspended due to weather and reduced service routes
In an update on Monday morning, METRO announced it will suspend multiple routes due to the weather and operate on reduced service.
The update comes after METRO initially announced that services would resume. Now, the company is saying METRORail's 700 Redline will operate on an eight-minute frequency, and 800 Greenline and 900 Purple line will operate on a 12-minute frequency.
METRO also said Route 050 Broadway and Route 054 Scott currently have limited trips restored.
The company is advising everyone to dress warm and limit travel if possible.
Jan 26, 2026, 4:06 PM GMT
Icy road reported at Highway 288 and S Sam Houston Pkwy, HCSO says
The Harris County Sheriff's Office is urging drivers to stay home after reports of ice on roads on Monday morning.
According to HCSO, an icy road was reported at Highway 288 and S. Sam Houston Parkway.
Houston TranStar still shows multiple reports of ice on roadways, including I-45 North northbound at Airline Drive, I-69 Eastex northbound at Little York Road, and Beltway 8 South westbound at SH 35/Telephone.
You can view the full map with the reports on TranStar's website.
Jan 26, 2026, 3:56 PM GMT
Snow flurries seen outside National Weather Service in Dickinson, Texas
With the majority of southeast Texas still under a hard freeze, the National Weather Service Houston/Galveston branch confirmed reports of snow flurries near their offices in Dickinson on Monday morning.
The NWS also reported just before 8 p.m. on Sunday that flurries began developing near Lake Houston and Lake Conroe.
The ABC13 Weather Team has said an Extreme Cold Warning is still in effect until noon on Tuesday.
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Jan 26, 2026, 3:03 PM GMT
Montgomery Co. judge says water restored for neighborhood that suffered outage during winter storm
Water has been restored in a Montgomery County neighborhood that county officials say had not had water since Saturday.
According to County Judge Mark Keough, water was restored, and pressure was within normal range at the Lexington Heights subdivision in Willis, off FM 1097, by Monday morning.
The judge said the outage prompted the county to host a water distribution, where cars of people from the subdivision formed a line to pick up their cases.
"I moved in yesterday, and I'm just without water and kind of just freezing out here, but trying to get some free water," resident Nathan Nguyen told ABC13 before the repairs. "It's pretty nice that they're able to do it for us, and I appreciate it."
