Austin, Texas / Camp Mabry station 72254

The nights are changing.

A clear-eyed look at temperature, nighttime lows, precipitation, and extreme-heat days across the local station record.

Explore the record
Nighttime lows +0.38 °C / decade descriptive linear trend
40complete years
1986-2025
100°Fheat-day
threshold
1985-2014climatological
baseline
1station record
in focus

01 / The signals

A warmer baseline, sharper extremes.

Annual summaries turn thousands of daily observations into a few signals worth watching.

Temperature1986-2025

Annual temperature anomalies

Bar chart showing annual Austin temperature anomalies.

Yearly mean temperature compared with the 1985-2014 baseline.

Nighttime1986-2025

Minimum temperature anomalies

Bar chart showing annual Austin nighttime low temperature anomalies.

Nighttime lows are warming faster than the annual mean.

Extreme heatComplete years only

Days reaching 100°F

Bar chart showing the annual number of Austin days reaching 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

Each bar counts days with a daily maximum of at least 100°F.

Extreme heat1986-present

First 100°F day of the year

Dot chart showing the date of Austin's first 100 degree Fahrenheit day each year, trending earlier over time.

The first 100°F day has trended earlier, by about 11 days per decade since 1986.

Rainfall1986-2025

Precipitation anomalies

Bar chart showing annual Austin precipitation anomalies.

Rainfall varies widely from year to year without a simple story.

Summer nightsJune 21-Sept 22

Summer nighttime lows

Bar chart showing Austin summer nighttime low temperature anomalies.

A focused view of minimum temperatures during astronomical summer.

02 / Read the record

Useful context, without false precision.

Source

Daily observations from Meteostat, Austin Camp Mabry station 72254. The data is refreshed through the current date.

Baseline

Anomalies use the fixed 1985-2014 average. Positive values are warmer, wetter, or otherwise above that reference.

Limits

This is one local station, not a regional assessment. The summaries describe patterns; they do not establish cause.

Temperature display Nighttime trend: +0.38°C per decade