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Austin's weather just did something it hasn't for 16 years — June was hotter than July
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AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin just experienced something it hasn't in 16 years — the month of June was hotter than July.
The average temperature at Camp Mabry for June — with all highs and lows taken into account — was 86.2°. For July, it was 85.9°. This year marks the first time since 2008 that June's average temperature was higher than July's.
It's rare for that to happen. Since Austin's weather records began in the 1890s, June has been hotter than July only 10 times. Put another way, July has been hotter than June 91% of the time since records began.
This year, June was on average 3.2° hotter than normal, while July was only 0.1° hotter than normal, despite 10 days at or above 100°. Several days of rain in July meant five days had highs only in the 80s, which brought down the average temperature for the month.