We've now set 10 record highs in less than two weeks! And, that may be a record! Digging back through Austin's weather records, I can't find any other two week period where we've set 10 new record high temperatures.

There have been other recent notable heatwaves where we've broken numerous records. In 2008, we set 16 record high temperatures in just one month, between May 19th, 2008 and June 18th, 2008. And, in 2000, we set 9 new record highs in a two week period from August 31st through September 12th, including Austin's all-time record high of 112 degrees set on September 5th, 2000.

Here are the records for this week in Austin (Camp Mabry).

Monday, July 6........104 degrees set in 2005
Tuesday, July 7........104 degrees set in 2005
Wednesday, July 8........105 degrees set in 1939
Thursday, July 9 ........105 degrees set in 1925
Friday, July 10 ........105 degrees set in 1917
Saturday, July 11........108 degrees set in 1917
Sunday, July 12........107 degrees set in 1954

Remember, July and August are, on average, Austin's two hottest months.

Mark Murray

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