h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

And it looks like we won't be making 100° today - currently 94° at a little after 4.30pm. It's 100° in San Antonio though, which is only about 80 miles to our south.

Warming up again slightly, but not into the triple digits today Two days since last rainfall.

The weather statistics for Saturday July 9th, 2005 from downtown Austin (at 11.40pm):

Minimum temperature: 78°F/25.6°C, 4.28am
Normal minimum: 73°F/22.8°C
Record minimum: 67°F/19.4°C,
Maximum temperature: 95°F/35°C, 4.30pm
Normal maximum: 94°F/34.4°C
Record maximum: 105°F/40.6°C,
Current temperature: 85°F/29.4°C
Current heat index: 91°F/32.8°C
Barometer: 29.91" (1012.9mb), rising
Humidity: 67%
Dew point: 73°F/22.8°C
Wind: 5mph, SE
Highest gust today: 16mph
Precipitation since midnight (at Camp Mabry): 0.00"
Yearly total to date (at Camp Mabry): 13.75" (4.3" behind average)

Oh bloody hell, I've just looked at the 8-day forecast.

Sunday: 100°
Monday: 102°
Tuesday: 102°
Wednesday: 103°
Thursday: 103°



I can't remember the last time we had a below average... or even average temperature. Just a few days of that would be nice.

Just shy of 100° today, but we made it yesterday, and it rained a bit too But not today.

The weather statistics for Tuesday July 12, 2005 from downtown Austin (at 11.55pm):

Minimum temperature: 79°F/26.1°C, 4.44am
Normal minimum: 73°F/22.8°C
Record minimum: 65°F/18.3°C,
Maximum temperature: 99°F/37.2°C, 3.01pm
Normal maximum: 95°F/35°C
Record maximum: 107°F/41.7°C,
Current temperature: 85°F/29.4°C
Current heat index: 91°F/32.8°C
Barometer: 30.03" (1016.9mb), rising
Humidity: 68%
Dew point: 73°F/22.8°C
Wind: 5mph, E
Highest gust today: 21mph
Precipitation since midnight (at Camp Mabry): 0.00"
Yearly total to date (at Camp Mabry): 13.98" (4.26" behind average)

Ever get the feeling you're talking to yourself?

Same old same old here. 22C or so during the day - light fluffy clouds but mainly sunshine 14C or so at night - heaps of stars.

I can see the Milky Way every night. And the Southern Cross hangs above my caravan

"Ever get the feeling you're talking to yourself?"

Yeah... sometimes it's the only way to get a decent conversation

Oh yah boo sucks to you

Hey, I'm just telling you what my Mum used to say

Hot and sticky today - a triple digit day and plenty of humidity. We didn't even go below 80F/26.7C overnight Currently standing at nine days 100° or hotter - seven of them consecutive.

The weather statistics for Wednesday July 13th, 2005 from downtown Austin (at 11.00pm):

Minimum temperature: 80°F/26.7°C, 5.19am
Normal minimum: 76°F/24.4°C
Record minimum: 65°F/18.3°C,
Maximum temperature: 102°F/38.9°C, 3.45pm
Normal maximum: 95°F/35°C
Record maximum: 104°F/40°C,
Current temperature: 83°F/28.3°C
Current heat index: 90°F/32.2°C
Barometer: 29.95" (1014.2mb), rising
Humidity: 75%
Dew point: 74°F/23.3°C
Wind: 3mph, NW
Highest gust today: 21mph
Precipitation since midnight (at Camp Mabry): 0.00"
Yearly total to date (at Camp Mabry): 13.98" (4.32" behind average)

Cindy wasn't interested in two-stepping across Texas (A592166 in case you're interested), but Emily might

I'm not sure if we hit 100° yesterday (Thursday), but we sure had some rain A line of thunderstorms came together just to the west of Austin around 5pm and dropped anything from just under an inch to more than 2" around the region. Camp Mabry recorded .96" There was a good deal of thunder and lightning, including one strike that couldn't have been more than 100 yards away from where I was sitting at the time - right here in fact. and boy did it drop the temperatures - by a good 20° or more, down to the low 70s F/20s C. Overcast and much cooler this morning too - it's only 81/27 at 11am - it's been reaching that temperature before 9am for a couple of weeks.

I'm pretty damn sure we didn't hit 100° today (Friday) although it seems we had a bit of rain - a few hundreds of an inch. Don't remember it raining today... There's rain in the weekend forecast too along with near to slightly above normal temperatures.

Current predictions have Emily heading well to the south of Texas and hitting Mexico around Tuesday or Wednesday next week.

I woke up this morning thinking that it was only around 6.30 because it was so dark (and therefore I'd only had about four hours sleep ), but it was actually just before 9am, heavily overcast, and raining

Forgot to post this earlier today:

Well, since the website is throwing one of its regular wobblers, I shall have to write this offline and post it whenever the servers decide to play the game.

We didn't even make it into the 90s today, but it was pretty damn humid all day long so it felt like we did. Emily is still forecast to be heading towards Mexico instead of Texas

The weather statistics for Saturday July 16th, 2005 from downtown Austin (at 11.55pm):

Minimum temperature: 74°F/23.33°C, 10.25am
Normal minimum: 73°F/22.8°C
Record minimum: 64°F/17.8°C (1967)
Maximum temperature: 87°F/°C, 3.43pm
Normal maximum: 95°F/35°C
Record maximum: 105°F/40.6°C (2000)
Current temperature (at midnight on Saturday): 79°F/26.1°C
Current heat index: 86°F/30°C
Barometer: 30" (1015.9mb), rising
Humidity: 87%
Dew point: 75°F/23.9°C
Wind: 5mph, E
Highest gust today: 20mph
Precipitation since midnight (at Camp Mabry): 0.08"
Yearly total to date (at Camp Mabry): 15.09" (3.39" behind average)

Another nice day if you're a resident, probably not so nice if you're a tourist - overcast and rainy

The weather statistics for Sunday July 17, 2005 from downtown Austin (at 11.20pm):

Minimum temperature: 75°F/28.9°C, 10.59am
Normal minimum: 73°F/22.8°C
Record minimum: 68°F/20°C (1967)
Maximum temperature: 86°F/30°C, 3.26pm
Normal maximum: 95°F/35°C
Record maximum: 105°F/40.6°C (1984)
Current temperature: 77°F/25°C
Current heat index: 85°F/29.4°C
Barometer: 29.98" (1015.2mb), rising
Humidity: 96%
Dew point: 76°F/24.4°C
Wind: 4mph, ESE
Highest gust today: 21mph
Precipitation since midnight (at Camp Mabry): 0.21"
Yearly total to date (at Camp Mabry): 15.3" (3.24" behind average)

Another hot and sticky one today, but the rainfall deficit is coming down nicely Doubt if we'll get anything from Emily now.

The weather statistics for Monday July 18th, 2005 from downtown Austin (at 11.59pm):

Minimum temperature: 77°F/25°C, 12.00am
Normal minimum: 73°F/22.8°C
Record minimum: 60°F/15.6°C (1911)
Maximum temperature: 95°F/35°C, 4.09pm
Normal maximum: 95°F/35°C
Record maximum: 107°F/41.7°C (1923)
Current temperature: 81°F/27.2°C
Current heat index: 86°F/30°C
Barometer: 30.01" (1016.3mb), rising
Humidity: 81%
Dew point: 74°F/23.3°C
Wind: 5mph, ESE
Highest gust today: 21mph
Precipitation since midnight (at Camp Mabry): Trace
Yearly total to date (at Camp Mabry): 15.47" (3.13" behind average)

Today, for only the second time since I've been in Texas, I looked up into the sky to the south of Austin and saw clouds from the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of a hurricane Should see a few more tomorrow, but right now the sky is almost cloudless.

The weather statistics for Tuesday July 19, 2005 from downtown Austin (at 11.59pm):

Minimum temperature: 77°F/25°C, 4.02am
Normal minimum: 73°F/22.8°C
Record minimum: 68°F/20°C (1947)
Maximum temperature: 95°F/35°C, 4.19pm
Normal maximum: 95°F/35°C
Record maximum: 105°F/40.6°C (1951)
Current temperature: 81°F/27.2°C
Current heat index: 90°F/32.2°C
Barometer: 30.01" (1016.3mb), rising
Humidity: 88%
Dew point: 77°F/25°C
Wind: 5mph, SE
Highest gust today: 21mph
Precipitation since midnight (at Camp Mabry): 0.00"
Yearly total to date (at Camp Mabry): 15.47" (3.19" behind average)

We got a little bit of rain from Emily this morning - just enough to make a few puddles.

The weather statistics for Wednesday July 20, 2005 from downtown Austin (at 11.20pm):

Minimum temperature: 78°F/25.6°C, 8.54am
Normal minimum: 74°F/23.3°C
Record minimum: 65°F/18.3°C (1947)
Maximum temperature: 90°F/32.2°C, 4.36pm
Normal maximum: 95°F/35°C
Record maximum: 104°F/40°C (2000)
Current temperature: 79°F/26.1°C
Current heat index: 84°F/28.9°C
Barometer: 30.06" (1017.9mb),
Humidity: 81%
Dew point: 72°F/22.2°C
Wind: 3mph, SE
Highest gust today: 18mph
Precipitation since midnight (at Camp Mabry): 0.1"
Yearly total to date (at Camp Mabry): 15.61" (3.11" behind average)

The weather statistics for Thursday July 21, 2005 from downtown Austin (at 11.35pm):

Minimum temperature: 78°F/25.6°C, 12.43am
Normal minimum: 74°F/23.3°C
Record minimum: 67°F/19.4°C (1947)
Maximum temperature: 93°F/33.9°C, 2.56pm
Normal maximum: 96°F/35.6°C
Record maximum: 104°F/40°C (2000)
Current temperature: 83°F/28.3°C
Current heat index: 92°F/33.3°C
Barometer: 30.1" (1019.3mb), rising
Humidity: 82%
Dew point: 77°F/25°C
Wind: 3mph, SSE
Highest gust today: 23mph
Precipitation since midnight (at Camp Mabry): 0.00"
Yearly total to date (at Camp Mabry): 15.61" (3.16" behind average)

I was going to .... read the backlog , but then realised it was just you going on about how wonderful it is down there

I better post this quick before my keyboard melts!

Currently in sunny St Lou it's between 95 and 98, with a heat index of 110 or 115, depending on who you trust.

I'd whine about that, but it seems by the weather map that Hyp is already in the triple digits (real temps).

We had been forcast to hit 100 all week but I don't think we made it (altho the day isn't over yet). Last time we hit 100 was August of '03.