Austin has reached a high of 112° on two separate occasions: Aug. 28, 2011, and Sept. 5, 2000.

2011 stands far above the rest, with 90 days at or above 100°.

The longest triple-digit stretch in history occurred in the summer of 2023. Camp Mabry hit 100° or above for a total of 45 consecutive days between July 8 and Aug. 21. Austin has failed to reach 100° in 12 different years since records began, most recently in 1987.

Two streaks in 2023 tie the record for most days in a row at or above 105°. Camp Mabry hit at least 105° every day between July 10 and July 20, a total of 11 days in a row. An 11-day streak was set again between Aug. 4 and 14.

In 1984, Austin hit 100° for the first time on May 4, the earliest on record in the city. Meanwhile, the latest 100° on record occurred on Oct. 2, in both 1923 and 1938.

Between 7 a.m. on June 17, 2023, and 8 p.m. on June 21, the temperature at Camp Mabry never dropped below 80°, a total of 109 hours.

Austin has fallen below 0°F on two occasions, including a low of -2° on Jan. 31, 1949, the coldest on record in Austin. The city dropped to -1° on Feb. 12, 1899.

When averaging high and low temperatures together, January 1930 is the coldest month on record in Austin, with an average temperature of 39.3°. Only one other month in recorded history, February 1899, had an average temperature below 40°.

In the winter of 1898-99, temperatures in Austin dropped to freezing 57 times, the most on record. Only one other winter, 1924-25, saw more than 50 freezes. Meanwhile, the fewest freezes seen in a single season was four, set in both 1994-95 and 1997-98.

In 1924, Austin dropped to the freezing mark for the first time on Oct. 26, the earliest on record in the city. Meanwhile, the latest freeze on record occurred on April 9, 1914.

Between 3 p.m. on Feb. 12, 2021, and 3 p.m. on Feb. 18, the temperature at Camp Mabry never climbed above 32°, a total of 144 hours.

Sept. 9, 1921, stands as Austin's wettest day in recorded history, with a total of 15″ of rain. April 23, 1915, is the only other day with at least 10″ recorded.

Austin has seen some absolutely torrential storms over the years. Take May 17, 1999, for example, when 3.78″ of rain fell in just one hour, between 8 and 9 p.m. That stands as the wettest hour in recorded history.

Since records began in the 1890s, Austin has seen eight years with more than 50″ of rain. Leading the way is 1919, which saw more than 65″ of rain in total. For context, the average year gets about 36″.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, Austin has seen eight years with less than 20″ of rain. The driest on record was 1954, when just 11.42″ of rain was recorded, less than a third of what Austin gets in an average year.

There have been three periods in history when Austin has gone more than 60 days without more than a trace of rainfall. The longest dry stretch lasted a total of 88 days, from Oct. 29, 1894, to Jan. 24, 1895.

Since records began in the 1890s, Austin has seen seven storms dump at least 5″ of snow. The heaviest snow event was on Nov. 22-23, 1937, when the city officially received 11″ of snow.