AUSTIN (KXAN) — For some, the day dawned sunny. For some, the day started with clouds and fog. Higher dew points and light wind contributed to fog over eastern Williamson and northeast Travis Counties eastward.

Minimum temperatures fell to 39° at Llano to 40s and 50s elsewhere. Most of the 40s were in the Hill Country. Low to mid 50s were reported along I-35, including 52°, and mid to upper 50s in the eastern counties.

These numbers may be lower approaching midnight thanks to today’s cold front.

A dry cold front is moving through Central Texas this morning leaving a strong northwest to north wind. Wind will get as high as 20 to 30+ mph especially this afternoon.

Overnight lows will be cold as temperatures drop to the 30s in most of the area. Monday will be much cooler because of the cold start with most high temperatures rising only to a range of mid 50s to low 60s.

After another cold start Tuesday, with most lows again in the 30s, highs return to the mid to upper 60s to some low 70s.

Further warming results in highs Wednesday reaching the mid to upper 70s, then many around 80° Thursday.

The next cold front moves south late Thursday night leading to a cooler end to the week with highs back down to the mid to upper 50s to low 60s.

Next weekend will be cold. Lows both Saturday and Sunday mornings will drop to the low to mid 30s. Highs Saturday will reach the low to mid 50s, then warm to the mid to upper 50s Sunday.

WWE Smackdown
Friday, December 5, 2025
Austin, TX at Moody Center ATX
Estimated tickets distributed: 7,881

Market-to-market comparisons (Austin, TX):

• 2022-06-18 (Sat) – UFC Fight Night: 13,935 (-43% vs. 7,881)

• 2022-06-24 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 6,199 (+27%) – SAME EVENT TYPE
• 2023-05-17 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 4,603 (+71%)
• 2024-08-12 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 12,269 (-36%)
• 2025-01-24 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 9,953 (-21%) – SAME EVENT TYPE

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2025-Q4 WWE Smackdown average: (7,824) vs. 2024-Q4 (10,248): -24%

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The cost of raising a child has ballooned in major cities like Austin, forcing many families to weight the choice between paying for child care or having one parent stay home full-time.

A recent analysis from SmartAsset determined the minimum income one parent needs to earn to support their partner staying at home to raise one child in all 50 states. In Texas — not just Austin — that amount is just under $75,000.

The study used the MIT Living Wage Calculator to compare the annual living wages needed for a household with two working adults and one child, and a household with one working adult, a stay-at-home parent, and one child. The study also calculated how much it would cost to raise a child with two working parents based on factors such as “food, housing, childcare, healthcare, transportation, incremental income taxes and other necessities.”

A Texas household with one working parent would need to earn $74,734 a year to support a stay-at-home partner and a child, the report found. If two parents worked in the household, necessitating some additional costs like childcare and transportation, it would require an additional $10,504 in annual income to raise their child.

SmartAsset said the cost to raise a child in Texas in a two-working-parent household adds up to $23,587. Raising a child in Central Texas, however, is slightly more expensive. A separate SmartAsset study from June 2025 determined it costs $24,118 to raise a child in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro.

In the report’s ranking of states with the highest minimum income needed to support a family with one working adult, a stay-at-home parent, and one child, Texas ranked 32nd on the list.

In other states like Massachusetts, where raising a child can cost more than $40,000 a year, the report acknowledges ways families are working to reduce any financial burdens.

“This often includes considerations around who’s going to work in the household, and whether young children will require paid daycare services while parents are occupied,” the report said. “With tradeoffs abound, many parents might seek to understand the minimum income needed to keep the family afloat while allowing the other parent to stay home to raise a young child.”

The top 10 states with the lowest minimum income threshold to support a three-person family on one income are: