![]() In July, Camp Mabry recorded a trace amount of rain - which still counts as rain, so it's not as if Austin got zero rain in July, as it did in 1962, the city's driest July ever. The city had recorded about 23 inches of rainfall by this time last year. That's about 8.4 inches lower than normal, according to the weather service. "Heat advisories are likely over portions of the area Wednesday and Thursday." 12.13 inches of rain in Austin for all of 2022ĭespite the occasional brief downpour in other parts of the city, Austin's rain gauges at Camp Mabry have collected only 12.13 inches of rainfall this year. "As a result, hot and dry conditions are expected during this time with the warmest high temperatures of the week occurring," the weather service said. "While Tuesday's high temperatures will be running about 1 to 3 degrees warmer than Monday, we should still be able to hold off on any heat headlines in the short term," the weather service said in a bulletin Monday.īut forecasters also warned that "light to moderate amounts of Saharan dust will arrive into the region Wednesday and persist Thursday before thinning out into the weekend." ![]() But if you look at the past 30 years, as the effects of climate change have become more apparent, that average nearly doubles to 13. Since the 1890s, August in Austin has produced an average of seven 100-degree days. The extreme heat readings are expected continue through the week: Maximum temperatures Tuesday could reach 103, then 104 Wednesday and Thursday, 101 Friday and 100 Saturday and Sunday. 7 more days (at least) of 100-degree weatherĪugust began Monday with the National Weather Service forecast clocking Austin's first triple-digit temperature of the month. Looking through more than 120 years of weather data for Austin, only nine years have had 20 or more 100-degree days in July - and six of them have been in the past 22 years: 2001, 2009, 2011, 2017, 20. July alone accounted for more than half of the year's total, with 29 days, and matched the record for the most 100-degree days in a single month - achieved in July 2011 and August 2011. ![]() 29 days of triple-digit temperatures in July That's already more 100-degree days than the 42 such days in all of 2017, Austin's hottest year ever - and more 100-degree days to date than in 2011, which ended with a record 90 such days. ![]() More: Texas drought reaches 10-year peak as Austin closes hottest July ever 52 days of triple-digit temperatures in 2022īeginning with May 21, Austin's main weather station at Camp Mabry on Monday logged its 52nd day of triple-digit temperatures. Let's sweat the details about some of the more impressive statistics from July and the summer so far: The triple-digit temperatures started several weeks earlier than normal in late May and appear not to be going away anytime soon. If this summer has taught us anything, it's that the extreme heat we've experienced doesn't care about calendars or overstaying its welcome. Yet based on the most recent 30 years of climate data gathered by the National Weather Service, the beginning of August is, on average, the hottest time of the year, and temperatures should start cooling down by the end of the month. This year Austin had its hottest May ever, then its hottest June ever and now its hottest July ever. Please review our full terms contained on our Terms of Service page.Watch Video: Climate change: How US cities are already feeling the effects We further caution that our travel scores are only as good as the data that underpin them, that weather conditions at any given location and time are unpredictable and variable, and that the definition of the scores reflects a particular set of preferences that may not agree with those of any particular reader. While having the tremendous advantages of temporal and spatial completeness, these reconstructions: (1) are based on computer models that may have model-based errors, (2) are coarsely sampled on a 50 km grid and are therefore unable to reconstruct the local variations of many microclimates, and (3) have particular difficulty with the weather in some coastal areas, especially small islands. We draw particular cautious attention to our reliance on the MERRA-2 model-based reconstructions for a number of important data series. ![]() We assume no responsibility for any decisions made on the basis of the content presented on this site. Weather data is prone to errors, outages, and other defects. The information on this site is provided as is, without any assurances as to its accuracy or suitability for any purpose. See all nearby weather stations Disclaimer The details of the data sources used for this report can be found on the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport page. ![]()
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