Austin is located in Central Texas. This specific location puts it in the intersection of major ecological regions leading it to possess a trio of climates that evoke the deserts, the tropical regions and the wetter zones. It is for this reason that the weather in Austin is considered to be of humid and mild temperate climate.
If you make inquiries with the weather bureau, you will likely get a reading of hot and sunny clear skies. Majority of the time, this is what the weather is like in the Austin area. If you are to move into this city, you should be aware that summertime here is extremely hot. Around the months of July to August, the temperatures will typically be on mid-90 degrees. Occasionally, it will spike up to over 100 degrees. The highest temperature ever recorded in this city occurred on September 5, 2000 and it reached up to the hottest 112 degrees.
Springtime in Austin can be seen with occasional thunderstorms. The wettest month falls on May and this is followed by September. The months of spring and fall are the best in Austin but sadly these periods don’t last long. Predominantly, it is sunny skies in Austin City and you can experience it for approximately 300 days out of the 365 days in a year.
As for winter, snow is very rare in Austin. In fact, their wintertime is mild and relatively dry. The lowest temperature recorded was -2 degrees which happened on January 31, 1949. Although winter can be close to freezing in Austin, there was no ever recorded incidence of white Christmas in this area.
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