Central Texas Continues on Track for Record Hottest Summer

For other record temperatures in Texas and elsewhere, see:
Record Heat
Record Cold

5 pm CDT Update: A record was set at San Antonio and tied at Austin Bergstrom:

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 102 DEGREES WAS SET AT THE SAN  
ANTONIO AIRPORT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD  
OF 101 DEGREES SET IN 1988.  

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 102 DEGREES WAS TIED AT THE AUSTIN  
BERGSTROM AIRPORT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 102   
SET IN 2006.  

August 24 Update: As of 3 pm CDT, temperatures have again reached 100° at Del Rio and 102° at Austin/Mabry; San Antonio is 96°.

Yesterday's high temperatures across the country are shown above (map from Unisys). Record highs extended northward into Colorado and Wyoming:

THE TEMPERATURE AT THE DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REACHED 98 DEGREES   
AT 2:42 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THIS TIES THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR   
THIS DATE LAST SET IN 1878.  

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN COLORADO SPRINGS TODAY WAS 91 DEGREES. THIS   
TIES THE RECORD HIGH FOR AUGUST 23RD...SET IN 1949.   

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN PUEBLO TODAY WAS 101 DEGREES. THIS SETS A NEW   
RECORD HIGH FOR AUGUST 23RD...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 98 DEGREES SET   
IN 1949.   

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 94 DEGREES WAS SET AT THE CHEYENNE   
AIRPORT SUNDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 93 SET PREVIOUSLY IN   
1938.  

Also, on Saturday in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming:

IN WESTERN COLORADO,  
  
AT CORTEZ, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE YESTERDAY OF 93 DEGREES, TIED THE   
RECORD HIGH, LAST SET IN 2007.  
  
1 MILE EAST OF RANGELY, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 98 DEGREES SET A NEW   
RECORD HIGH FOR AUGUST 22.  THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 96 DEGREES, SET   
IN 1961.  
  
IN EASTERN UTAH,  
  
AT CANYONLANDS, THE NEEDLES AREA, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 100   
DEGREES SET A NEW RECORD HIGH FOR AUGUST 22. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS   
98 DEGREES, SET IN 2007.  
  
AT JARVIE RANCH, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 96 DEGREES, TIED THE RECORD   
HIGH, LAST SET IN 1988.  

STATION                    NEW RECORD         OLD RECORD           YEAR  
  
ALTA                           81                 80               1982  
BOUNTIFUL-VAL VERDA           100                 94               2006  
CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK     94      TIED       94               1985  
COALVILLE                      94      TIED       94               2006  
DELTA                         105                100               1998  
ESCALANTE                      97      TIED       97               2008  
PROVO BYU                      99                 98               1991  
RANDOLPH                       91                 88               2003  
SALT LAKE CITY                101                 99               1991  
TOOELE                        100                 98               2006  

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 96 DEGREES WAS SET AT THE RIVERTON   
AIRPORT TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 92 SET IN 2006.  
  
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 96 DEGREES WAS SET AT LANDER TODAY.   
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 93 SET IN 2006.  
  
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 97 DEGREES WAS SET AT CASPER TODAY.   
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 95 SET IN 1971.  
  
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 93 DEGREES WAS SET AT ROCK SPRINGS   
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 90 SET IN 2006.  

Original post:
With a little over a week left in the month, south-central Texas continues to be on track for the hottest summer in history. Through August 22, the average temperature since June 1 is the highest ever recorded in Austin and San Antonio, and the second highest in Del Rio. The average in San Antonio is 1.6° above the previous record and 1.8° above the record for the entire June-August period.

Records were tied or broken today in both Austin and San Antonio:

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 104 DEGREES WAS TIED AT THE  
SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS TIES THE PREVIOUS  
RECORD OF 104 SET IN 1917.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 103 DEGREES WAS TIED AT THE   
AUSTIN BERGSTROM AIRPORT TODAY. THIS TIES THE PREVIOUS  
RECORD OF 103 SET IN 1978. THIS ALSO MAKES THIS THE 51ST  
DAY THIS YEAR WHERE THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 100 DEGREES   
OR HIGHER. THAT BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 50 DAYS SET IN  
1998.   

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 105 DEGREES WAS SET AT AUSTIN CAMP   
MABRY TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 103 SET IN 1917.  
THIS ALSO MAKES THIS THE 63RD DAY THIS YEAR IN WHICH THE HIGH  
TEMPERATURE WAS 100 DEGREES OR HIGHER. THE RECORD FOR THE MOST   
100 DEGREE DAYS IN A YEAR IS 69 DAYS WHICH WAS SET IN 1925.   

Austin had 16 100° days in a row ending on the 18th, and there have been a total of 62 so far this year through the 22nd. Del Rio has had 60 100° days, and San Antonio Stinson Field has had 64. Here are the 100° days for 2009 so far as reported earlier today by the National Weather Service.

AUSTIN MABRY.............................62  
AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...50  
BURNET...................................25  
DEL RIO..................................60  
HONDO....................................63  
KERRVILLE................................30  
LA GRANGE................................52  
LLANO....................................45  
NEW BRAUNFELS............................66  
PLEASANTON...............................53  
SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT........53  
SAN ANTONIO STINSON FIELD................64  
SAN MARCOS...............................58  
UVALDE...................................63