Where the weather is: Destin — Hurricane Warning · Pensacola — Storm Surge Warning · Atlanta — High Wind Warning · Birmingham — Tropical Storm Warning · San Diego — Tropical Storm Watch · Denver — 86° today against a 84.9° record (2020)
Your forecast, explained.

Austin, TX

Friday, October 9

85° — Sunny

Alerts · National Weather Service

Air Quality Alertuntil further notice

Changed since yesterday

Saturday 90°→94° Wednesday 90°→94°

Next five days

FriSatSunMonTue
High92°93°92°92°93°
Low68°68°72°74°77°
Precip0%0%1%16%7%
Alerts

Highs tinted vs today's normal (85°): 8° below 8° above

The scorecard · this week

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2 of 3 days inside the band · bands ±2.7°F · gauge AUS

Worth knowing today

An Air Quality Alert holds over Austin until 7 p.m. while the afternoon climbs to 94 under full sun, close enough to the 95 record from 2019 that the date's mark is in play (records since 1948).
air quality · heat · record
Monday is the muggy turn: moisture pulled north by Hurricane Simon's track toward Mexico brings back warm nights near 76 and heat index values that could push toward triple digits, with a slight chance of afternoon storms.
humidity · simon · monday
Wednesday jumped to 94 from 90 overnight, as the ridge keeps its grip even while tropical moisture slides in underneath.
revision · heat
Next Thursday is the fork: highs anywhere from 69 to 94 depending on whether the next cold front shows up early, the first hint of a real break from this heat.
spread · cold front
Forecast high temperature (°F) · next 7 days · a blend of models
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82 model runs, colored by temperature  ·  middle of the pack  ·  official forecast

Written 2026-10-09 · grounded in station records · tomorrow morning: what today's forecast said, next to what happened.

Today in station history (7 stats, records back decades)
StatValueYear(s)
record high for day 95 2019
record low for day 39.9 1952
average high for day 84.5 —
average low for day 60 —
warmest low for day 77 1961
coldest high for day 51.1 2000
largest temp swing for day 41.1 2008

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