http://www.statesman.com/news/local/high-of-109-in-austin-sets-new-june-2404786.html
High of 109 in Austin sets new June record
By Jazmine Ulloa
Updated: 5:49 a.m. Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Published: 10:26 p.m. Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Scorching temperatures Tuesday shattered the record high for the date in Austin and came within three degrees of the all-time hottest recorded in the city.
Camp Mabry registered its highest reading of 109 degrees at 3 p.m., while the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport recorded 106 at 4:36 p.m., forecasters said. Previous records at both locations were last set at 105 in 2009, according to the National Weather Service said.
The hottest temperature ever recorded in Austin was 112, which the city hit Aug. 28 of last year and on Sept. 5, 2000.
"This is an extreme event, but it does not mean the rest of the summer is going to be this way, (((It doesn't mean it won't either))) and it does not mean we are going to have a rerun of last summer," when there were 90 days with temperatures of at least 100 degrees, said Bob Rose, the Lower Colorado River Authority's chief meteorologist. Forecasters still expect the high temperatures to dip back into the 90s by Friday, with a high of 102 predicted for today and 100 Thursday.
But the heat Tuesday broke the all-time hottest temperature for the month of June — eclipsing the 108 recorded on June 14, 1993 — even as a large part of the Austin area was under a severe thunderstorm watch until 10 p.m. A wave of low pressure swept in from the Gulf, combining with the heat to cause thunderstorms to develop in parts of Central Texas, Rose said. But none had reached Austin into the late evening.
The sweltering conditions also prompted another record for electricity usage on a June day....
(((Unheard-of power demands.)))
http://planetark.org/wen/65773
(((Get used to it and stop fretting, says Exxon-Mobil. Apparently their homes aren't on fire yet.)))
http://www.statesman.com/news/nation/exxons-ceo-climate-energy-fears-overblown-2405498.html
