Enjoy Huntsville’s cooler weather while you can. Research conducted by a Texas A&M State Climatologist and Texas 2036, in an update to the 2021 groundbreaking study on extreme weather trends in Texas, finds that the extreme heat and drought recorded this summer fit into an accelerating trend toward hotter summers and milder winters in the Lone Star State.
Here’s what the data says about our extreme weather trends:
- In almost all regions of the state, it’s now common to have at least 10 triple-digit days in a given year. In the 1970s and 1980s, this high number of triple-digit days was rare.
- In coastal regions, a summer with multiple triple-digit days has gone from rare to ordinary.
- In 2023, the average summer hottest temperature came in at 106°F, surpassing the previous record set in 2011. The primary difference from 2011 was that 2023’s heat persisted through most of September.
