107 F. Nearly 42 C. That’s the official high at Austin TX today. Unquestionably the hottest day of my life, and it’s only June. Not only a local daily record, but only one degree shy of the local monthly record. More to the point we’ve been over 100 most days for two weeks now, and I expect we are in contention for hottest June.
Update: See also here and here.
June 24, 2009 was the hottest day ever recorded in New Orleans.
Update 6/29: Today’s 100° day in Houston ties the longest string of 100-plus degree days in recorded history at seven (1902).
At this moment it is 104
° F in Austin. The lowest high temperature since June 9 is 97° F (on the 9th and 12th) and we have failed to hit 100° F on only one of the 17 days starting June 13. Thus today we surpassed the previous record of 15 100-degree days in June.
I predict longer periods of hot weather in TX starting in about four summers from now.Much longer.
crickets…