Texas Summer 2023

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A quick reanalysis of the summer so far you can kind of make the assumption the heat ridge has been extended by the -PDO cold patch to the southwest of California/Mexico and east of Hawaii. At the beginning of the season it had roots down in Mexico (June) before expanding northward.

https://i.imgur.com/WzWEYQK.gif

https://i.imgur.com/atHwsgJ.gif

We're trending in the wrong direction with respect to these cooler waters...



https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/ocean/cdas-sflux_ssta7diff_global_1.png

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Jason2k, or someone else from Admin, turn the lights out on this miserable thread.

[Tireman4]

Goodbye Summer. Sigh. Sheesh

[Cpv17]

Goodbye Summer. Sigh. Sheesh

Probably won’t really be goodbye summer for another 5-6 weeks.

[Portastorm]

August 2023 ended up like this for the Austin area per the NWS:

* Warmest August on record for the airport (KAUS) and 9th driest August on record

* 2nd warmest August on record for Camp Mabry (KATT) and 12th driest August on record.

Now, I'll be curious to see how they average out the summer months and if we ended up warmer than 2011.

[Tireman4]

CXUS54 KHGX 011410
CF6IAH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)

STATION: HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL
MONTH: AUGUST
YEAR: 2023
LATITUDE: 29 58 N
LONGITUDE: 95 21 W

TEMPERATURE IN F: CPN: SNOW: WIND :SUNSHINE: SKY K WND
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1 2 3 4 5 6A 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
12Z AVG MX 2MIN
DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD WTR SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX SPD DR
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1 102 82 92 6 0 27 0.00 0.0 0 4.9 14 160 M M 5 20 160
2 102 78 90 4 0 25 0.00 0.0 0 6.0 18 130 M M 2 23 130
3 102 78 90 4 0 25 0.00 0.0 0 7.0 21 140 M M 2 28 120
4 102 82 92 6 0 27 0.00 0.0 0 7.0 20 150 M M 2 26 150
5 103 81 92 6 0 27 0.00 0.0 0 7.0 22 140 M M 3 27 140
6 102 82 92 6 0 27 0.00 0.0 0 7.1 18 170 M M 4 25 160
7 101 82 92 6 0 27 0.00 0.0 0 9.0 23 150 M M 2 27 160
8 102 82 92 6 0 27 0.00 0.0 0 9.4 25 140 M M 3 32 150
9 101 83 92 6 0 27 0.00 0.0 0 9.9 18 160 M M 5 32 180
10 103 82 93 7 0 28 0.00 0.0 0 9.4 17 150 M M 3 28 180
11 103 83 93 7 0 28 0.00 0.0 0 9.8 18 150 M M 4 25 160
12 103 83 93 7 0 28 0.00 0.0 0 8.5 21 160 M M 5 29 220
13 103 81 92 6 0 27 0.00 0.0 0 7.3 17 170 M M 2 23 170
14 104 81 93 7 0 28 0.00 0.0 0 5.6 18 160 M M 4 24 160
15 105 83 94 8 0 29 0.00 0.0 0 7.9 16 340 M M 3 23 340
16 101 73 87 2 0 22 0.00 0.0 0 7.2 13 130 M M 1 19 40
17 105 72 89 4 0 24 0.00 0.0 0 5.8 22 150 M M 1 28 140
18 103 81 92 7 0 27 0.00 0.0 0 6.8 16 140 M M 2 23 170
19 103 81 92 7 0 27 0.00 0.0 0 6.3 17 150 M M 2 22 130
20 108 82 95 10 0 30 0.00 0.0 0 6.0 16 340 M M 3 24 360
21 102 78 90 5 0 25 0.00 0.0 0 8.4 20 150 M M 5 27 140
22 97 82 90 5 0 25 T 0.0 M 13.4 28 140 M M 7 35 140
23 103 78 91 6 0 26 T 0.0 M 5.9 15 110 M M 2 24 110
24 109 80 95 10 0 30 0.01 0.0 M 5.7 33 140 M M 5 3 43 140
25 102 77 90 6 0 25 T 0.0 M 5.5 18 150 M M 4 25 120
26 104 78 91 7 0 26 0.00 0.0 M 4.4 17 140 M M 2 22 130
27 109 78 94 10 0 29 T 0.0 M 7.5 35 360 M M 4 45 360
28 99 77 88 4 0 23 T 0.0 M 6.7 18 360 M M 5 28 20
29 99 78 89 5 0 24 0.00 0.0 0 10.1 25 10 M M 3 33 360
30 101 72 87 3 0 22 0.00 0.0 0 7.3 20 350 M M 3 33 360
31 100 70 85 1 0 20 0.00 0.0 0 4.8 16 10 M M 2 22 10
================================================================================
SM 3183 2460 0 812 0.01 0.0 227.6 M 100
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AV102.7 79.4 7.3 FASTST M M 3 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> 35 360 45 360
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[Cpv17]

August 2023 ended up like this for the Austin area per the NWS:

* Warmest August on record for the airport (KAUS) and 9th driest August on record

* 2nd warmest August on record for Camp Mabry (KATT) and 12th driest August on record.

Now, I'll be curious to see how they average out the summer months and if we ended up warmer than 2011.

You mean there were 8 & 11 other times it was drier?

[tajmahal]

August 2023 ended up like this for the Austin area per the NWS:

* 2nd warmest August on record for Camp Mabry (KATT) and 12th driest August on record.

You mean there were 8 & 11 other times it was drier?

For Austin Camp Mabry (124–year climate record):

0.00 in 1952 and 1902.
Trace in 2011, 2010, 1957, and 1921.
0.01 in 1929.
0.06 in 1977 and 1973.
0.07 in 1941 and 1910.

[tajmahal]

The verdict is in: 2011 remains the hottest summer on record at Austin Camp Mabry.

https://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/

[tajmahal]

Hottest months on record at Austin Camp Mabry:

(1) 91.7°...August 2011
(2) 91.1°...August 2023
(3) 90.8°...July 2023
(4) 90.6°...July 2022
(5) 89.9°...August 2019
(6) 89.7°...July 2011
(7) 89.50°...August 2020
(8) 89.47°...July 2009
(9) 89.1°...August 2009
(10) 88.9°...July 2017
(19) 88.0°...September 2019
(22) 87.7°...June 2022
(??) 82.3°..May 2022

By decade:
2021–23...91.1°...August 2023
2011–20...91.7°...August 2011
2001–10...89.47°...July 2009
1991–2000...88.2°...August 1999
1981–90...87.4°...August 1982
1971–80...87.9°...July 1980
1961–70...87.5°...August 1963
1951–60...87.6°...August 1951
1941–50...85.8°...August 1948
1931–40...86.0°...August 1937
1921–30...87.5°...July 1925
1911–20...86.6°...August 1917
1901–10...86.7°...August 1902
1891–1900...85.0°...August 1899

[Portastorm]

The verdict is in: 2011 remains the hottest summer on record at Austin Camp Mabry.

https://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/

And yet 2023 is the hottest summer on record at the airport.

https://www.kut.org/energy-environment/2023-09-01/austin-tx-weather-temperature-heat-record-hottest-summer-texas

[Ntxw]

All semantics. Real life it was hot all the same. It's a few hundredths of a difference. The fact we have back to back years exceptionally hot summers, it's not a once a 50year thing anymore.

[tajmahal]

All semantics. Real life it was hot all the same. It's a few hundredths of a difference. The fact we have back to back years exceptionally hot summers, it's not a once a 50year thing anymore.

It's not semantics, scientifically or statistically. It's tenths of a degree, not hundreths according to the NWS's own rounding procedures.

Exceptionally hot back-to-back summers at Austin Camp Mabry, judged by the background climate in existence at the time:
2022–23
2017–20
2012–13
2008–09
2000–01
1993–94
1980–82
1977–78
1956–58
1951–54
1917–18

38 meteorological stations (with climate records of at least 74 years) in Texas just recorded their hottest summer on record.

[tajmahal]

The verdict is in: 2011 remains the hottest summer on record at Austin Camp Mabry.

https://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/

And yet 2023 is the hottest summer on record at the airport.

https://www.kut.org/energy-environment/2023-09-01/austin-tx-weather-temperature-heat-record-hottest-summer-texas

The airport climate record is 40% shorter than Camp Mabry's (72 versus 120 years). By daily high temperature at the airport, 2023 was 0.6° cooler than 2011. And by daily low temperature, 2023 tied for 14th warmest on record, with 2011 tied for 49th warmest on record.

Austin Camp Mabry had its hottest summer on record by daily low temperature and second–hottest by daily high temperature (0.2° cooler than 2011).

[Ntxw]

All semantics. Real life it was hot all the same. It's a few hundredths of a difference. The fact we have back to back years exceptionally hot summers, it's not a once a 50year thing anymore.

It's not semantics, scientifically or statistically. It's tenths of a degree, not hundreths according to the NWS's own rounding procedures.

Exceptionally hot back-to-back summers at Austin Camp Mabry, judged by the background climate in existence at the time:
2022–23
2017–20
2012–13
2008–09
2000–01
1993–94
1980–82
1977–78
1956–58
1951–54
1917–18

38 meteorological stations (with climate records of at least 74 years) in Texas just recorded their hottest summer on record.

It was a joke but glad you're taking it very seriously, my friend. Good test.

Not every post is going to be that serious and needs correcting, thanks.

[tajmahal]

I didn't need the lecture. I'm 64 with a Ph.D. and been involved with weather topics for 50 years. Perhaps the writer could use smilies when joking, ok?

[ElectricStorm]

I didn't need the lecture. I'm 64 with a Ph.D. and been involved with weather topics for 50 years. Perhaps the writer could use smilies when joking, ok?

You're the one who lectured him but go off

Not every joke post needs a to know it's a joke...

[tajmahal]

Ok. I'm happy that the Sooners managed to squeak out a win today. They're scheduling mighty non-conference opponents these days. Not like the 70s when I attended OU and saw them routinely embarrass the Utah States of the world 65-0. The wishbone was king. Climate change ruined it.

[tajmahal]

This list includes most of the Texas meteorological stations that just had their hottest summer on record:

91.9°...Laredo Area (ThreadEx)
91.7°...Del Rio Area (ThreadEx)
89.8°...College Station Area (ThreadEx)
89.6°...Hallettsville 2N
88.8°...Carrizo Springs
88.7°...San Antonio Area (ThreadEx)
88.6°...Brownsville Area (ThreadEx)
88.5°...Llano
88.4°...San Marcos
88.3°...El Paso Area (ThreadEx)
88.0°...Houston Area (ThreadEx)
87.9°...Corpus Christi Area (ThreadEx)
87.8°...Victoria Area (ThreadEx)
87.5°...Conroe
87.4°...Lufkin–Angelina County AP
87.2°...Beeville 5NE
87.1°...Austin Bergstrom AP Area (ThreadEx)
86.5°...Beaumont-Port Arthur Area (ThreadEx)
85.6°...Austwell
85.1°...Boerne

[A1A]

SOI and PDO current values:

SOI
https://data.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/SeasonalClimateOutlook/SouthernOscillationIndex/SOIDataFiles/LatestSOI1887-1989Base.txt

Date: 3 Sep, 2023

Average SOI for last 30 days : -12.27
Average SOI for last 90 days : -5.68
Daily contributor to SOI calculation: -13.49
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Monthly Average SOI Values

Jun: -3.19
Jul: -3.32
Aug: -10.85

PDO
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb/ersst/v5/index/ersst.v5.pdo.dat
ERSST PDO Index:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2023 -1.25 -1.65 -2.45 -3.07 -2.41 -2.53 -2.50 -2.47 99.99 99.99 99.99 99.99