THE SUMMER OF 2009 IS SO FAR ON TRACK TO BECOME ONE OF THE WARMER SUMMERS FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. THE PERIOD FROM JUNE 1ST TO AUGUST 6TH...2009 WAS THE WARMEST JUNE 1ST TO AUGUST 6TH PERIOD AT AUSTIN MABRY...AND SAN ANTONIO...AND TIED WITH 1980 AND 1996 FOR THE 3RD WARMEST AT DEL RIO.
SO FAR THIS YEAR...THURSDAY AUGUST 6TH WAS THE 47TH 100 DEGREE DAY AT AUSTIN MABRY...THE 39TH 100 DEGREE DAY AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM...THE 44TH 100 DEGREE DAY AT DEL RIO...THE 41ST 100 DEGREE DAY AT SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...AND THE 51ST 100 DEGREE DAY AT SAN ANTONIO STINSON FIELD.
AS FOR AS ABILENE GOES....WE HAVE SEEN 21 DAYS OF 100+ DEGREE TEMPERATURES AS OF AUGUST 7TH. HOWEVER, THIS DOESN'T COME CLOSE TO BREAKING ANY RECORDS. THE WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD OCCURRED IN 1952 WHEN WE HIT 100 DEGREES OR MORE.....43 TIMES!!! THE RECORD FOR MOST CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 100 DEGREE WEATHER IS 30....WHICH OCCURRED IN 1952 AS WELL.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE HAVE HAD 6 SUMMERS WHERE WE 'NEVER' HIT 100 DEGREES, THOSE YEARS WERE...1890, 1961, 1968, 1975, 1992, AND 2007.
JUST THINK, OUR FIRST DECENT COLD FRONT USUALLY ARRIVES THE THIRD WEEK OF SEPTEMBER. SO THE COOLER WEATHER IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK. WE ALSO HAVE EL NINO DEVELOPING IN THE PACIFIC. WHAT DOES THAT SPELL FOR WEST TEXAS AND SURROUNDING AREAS????? STAY TUNED, THAT WILL BE MY NEXT TOPIC OF DISCUSSION VERY SOON.
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