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Saturday temperatures in Central Texas won\u2019t be nearly as hot as earlier this week.<\/p>\n
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Saturday\u2019s weather will be sunny and hot<\/a>, with calm south-southeast winds. Afternoon temperatures will range from 98 to 100 degrees along the Interstate 35 corridor. Humidity will dip in the afternoon, so the heat will \u201cfeel\u201d only a degree or two warmer than the actual temperatures.<\/p>\n What can we expect this weekend?\u00a0<\/p>\n After an\u00a0eventful couple of days<\/a> in Central Texas, we\u2019re settling into a quiet and calm weekend <\/a>across the region.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Expect more heat, but nothing excessive like earlier in the week<\/a>. Sunday will be much like Saturday, with mostly sunny skies, temperatures near 100 degrees. With less humidity,\u00a0heat index values will be more subdued, climbing to only 101 to 102 degrees. Dare we say, it may be comfortable for the last weekend of August?<\/p>\n We\u2019ve already reached our yearly average number of days with triple-digit temperatures, and we\u2019ll likely add a few more this weekend and into early September before temperatures begin to ease a bit later in the month.<\/p>\n How much rain did we get this week?\u00a0<\/p>\n After finally getting some rain Thursday in the gauges at Camp Mabry, Austin\u2019s main weather observation\u00a0site,\u00a0August 2026 is no longer in the running for Austin\u2019s driest August on record<\/a>.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Austin broke its 34-day streak of rain-free weather Thursday<\/a> and logged 0.34 inch of rainfall\u00a0at Camp Mabry, but only 0.07 inch at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Other rainfall totals that day included:<\/p>\n 0.89 inch on Barton Creek at Oak Hill Will we get another shot at rain?<\/p>\n The summer heat dome caused by a strong ridge of high air pressure will take another trip across the southern Plains over the weekend before parking itself over the southeastern United States by Monday.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n This will once again open the door to increased rain activity as clockwise winds, or anticyclonic flow, around the system of high pressure steer atmospheric disturbances into the Lone Star State.<\/p>\n This weather setup is known as a \u201cring of fire,\u201d and Texas will be in its path for a few days with some rain chances ramping up Monday through Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n Rainfall totals through next Friday will likely be highest in Southeast Texas, east of the Interstate 35 corridor.\u00a0<\/p>\n Pivotal<\/p>\n What\u2019s\u00a0the forecast for September?<\/p>\n September arrives Tuesday, marking the start of meteorological fall,\u00a0which is simply the calendar months of September, October and November. Meteorologists and climate scientists prefer to track the season using fixed\u00a0calendar months\u00a0instead of the fall\u00a0and winter equinoxes because the dates of each equinox can vary over time.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n While meteorological fall begins Sept. 1, astronomical fall arrives later in the month, when\u00a0Earth\u2019s northern and southern hemispheres get equal amounts of sunlight<\/a>, marking the autumnal equinox. This year, the equinox occurs\u00a0at 7:05\u00a0p.m. on Sept. 22 in Austin<\/a>.<\/p>\n September is an important transition month for Central Texas. We typically start the month still feeling the heat of summer, with afternoon highs in the 90s and morning lows in the low 70s. By the end of the month, however, we can begin to see hints of fall, with average highs dropping into the 80s and morning lows dipping into the 60s.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n0.88 inch in Manchaca
\n0.61 inch in Dripping Springs
\n0.51 inch in Blanco
\n0.46 inch in\u00a0Jollyville
\n0.42 inch in Cedar Park
\n0.4 inch on Lake Austin at Cortana Shores<\/p>\n<\/p>\n