If you ve been outside to enjoy Austin s mild spring weather recently, hang on to memories of that because temperatures are going to be even more unseasonably warm. Here are five things to know about this week s weather:
1. It’s going to be hot: Austin s temperatures at the city s main weather station at Camp Mabry already have been clocked as high as 83 and 87 degrees this week. The National Weather Service outlook for the next few days calls for maximum temperatures of around 91 on Thursday and 93 on Friday.
2. First 90-degree days of 2021: If the forecast holds, those 90-degree days would be the first so far this year and the first since October 2020, according to weather service records.
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Easter Sunday in Austin may not have the clear skies and sunshine that has defined much of the spring season so far. If you plan on driving to services, you might run into some scattered showers.
Sunday s weather forecast from the National Weather Service call for a 30 percent chance of rain, but mainly before 1 p.m. Whether we see drops in the morning or not, skies will likely remain mostly cloudy.
Temperatures, though, should be seasonable and max out around 74 degrees, which is only a few degrees from normal. Southeast winds will kick up to 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon, forecasters said.
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