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Rain helping keep Central Texas cooler
Posted: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 10:27 AM - 10,247 Readers
By: Lindsey Bomnin
photography by Larry Kolvoord
Central Texas usually hits its first 100-degree day about July 12. As
of today, though, the area is still holding onto the 90s but not for
too much longer, said Bob Rose, a meteorologist for the Lower Colorado
River Authority.
Thanks to this year's hurricane season, Central
Texas won't come close to the near-record number of 100-plus days that
hit us last summer, Rose said.
Rainfall from Hurricane Alex and a recent
tropical depression and humid air from the Gulf of Mexico have kept the
region's temperatures lower than normal, he said.
The higher
humidity is causing high heat indexes, making it feel hotter than 100
degrees without it actually getting that hot, Rose said.
Like the
summer of 2007, the Austin area's first 100-degree day is likely to come
in the last week of July or in the first week of August, Rose said.
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