AUSTIN, Texas — Wednesday was the hottest day so far this summer for Central Texas. Austin reported a blazing hot 108-degree high temperature – but how does this stack up in the record books?
It turns out that 108 degrees is not the daily record for July 12. That was actually set last year, in 2022, when Austin reported a high temperature of 109 degrees.
Even though it was not a daily record, Wednesday without a doubt ranks among the upper echelon of July heat. The hottest July temperature on record for Austin is 110 degrees. This has happened twice – once last year and once in 2018.
Last year, 109 degrees also happened twice, and it happened once in 1954. Then you get to 108 degrees, which has happened a number of times, including including last year.
This all boils down to Wednesday's 108-degree temperature now being tied for the sixth hottest July temperature on record for Austin. We will continue to live through weather history on Thursday with 108 once again in the forecast.
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