AUSTIN, Texas — We can all agree that a classic winter season in Central Texas is usually somewhere between 60 degrees and the low 70s during the day and between the 40s and 50s at night.
However, so far since Dec. 1, 2019, and Jan. 15, 2020, there have been 19 days with high temperatures peaking in the 70s and three days with high temperatures peaking in the 80s.
According to records, a similar winter occurred over 100 years ago in 1907, where the average temperature for this period was 61 degrees. Currently, the average temperature between Dec. 1 and Jan. 15 has been 57 degrees. The only argument for the 1907 records is that there are five days unaccounted for.
The average high temperature of 68.6 degrees makes this the second warmest period on record. Interestingly enough, the same goes for Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, with that location now becoming the third warmest on record.
During the month of December, it's apparent there were more warmer-than-average days by far with the warmest day being Dec. 9 with a high temperature of 83 degrees and the lowest 30 degrees on Dec. 19.
Indeed, it was also a dry month, with over an inch-and-a-half deficit in monthly precipitation.
Drought conditions as of Jan. 16 places an extreme drought over portions of the Hill Country, with moderate to severe drought conditions elsewhere west of Interstate 35 to areas east to the coastal areas.
So far in January, the precipitation deficit sits at just over three-quarters of an inch with the average monthly temperature at 59.5 degrees, an 8.5-degree warmer-than-average reading.
The eight to 14-day outlook offers a little bit of relief with precipitation forecast to be slightly above average.
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