AUSTIN, Texas — Sunday was a record-breaking day in Austin for all the wrong reasons.
While our forecast high for Sunday was 99 with an outside shot at the triple digits, we ended up with a high temperature of 101 at Camp Mabry and 99 at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
Both readings surpassed previous daily heat records set in 1991, with those previous marks being 98 and 97 degrees, respectively.
With Camp Mabry's mark of 101, two daily heat records were set and a third is thought to be set with more research and data collection needed to confirm.
With the new mark set on Oct. 13, we have hit the latest ever triple-digit mark at Camp Mabry. This blows out the previous date of Oct. 2, which was set in 1923 and reached again 1938.
In addition, we also had the hottest temperature ever recorded at Camp Mabry with the observed high of 101 degrees. This passes the previous record of 100 degrees, set on the aforementioned dates of Oct. 2, 1923 and 1938.
To make matters even worse, Sunday was the last day of the Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL), and even that nearly set a record. The 101 recorded at Camp Mabry meant that although it was the second-hottest day at ACL behind Sept. 25, 2005, when Camp Mabry got to 107, it was only the second time in ACL history, and the first time ever during the month of October, that we reached the triple digits during ACL.
However, there is a silver lining. In the seven-day forecast below, not only do we have a fall front rolling in Monday night, but highs will actually become more seasonable by the time we get into next weekend, with rain chances even entering the fray by Friday.
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