After some controversy over just how bad the weather gets in Austin, I decided to go pick up some actual historical data from the NOAA web site.
First, the monthly averages, in turn averaged for 1931-2000:
City | <td>
Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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Austin TX | <td>
52.1
</td>
<td>
55.7
</td>
<td>
62.2
</td>
<td>
69.4
</td>
<td>
75.9
</td>
<td>
81.6
</td>
<td>
84.1
</td>
<td>
84.1
</td>
<td>
79.3
</td>
<td>
71.2
</td>
<td>
61.0
</td>
<td>
54.3
</td>
Boston MA | <td>
24.7
</td>
<td>
26.4
</td>
<td>
35.2
</td>
<td>
45.9
</td>
<td>
57.0
</td>
<td>
65.9
</td>
<td>
71.0
</td>
<td>
69.1
</td>
<td>
61.1
</td>
<td>
50.7
</td>
<td>
40.5
</td>
<td>
29.0
</td>
Minneapolis MN | <td>
9.4
</td>
<td>
15.1
</td>
<td>
27.4
</td>
<td>
43.4
</td>
<td>
56.8
</td>
<td>
66.5
</td>
<td>
71.3
</td>
<td>
68.7
</td>
<td>
58.9
</td>
<td>
47.4
</td>
<td>
29.7
</td>
<td>
15.6
</td>
Of course, averages don’t tell the whole story—so I took the last ten years of monthly maximum temperatures, and found the maximum of the maxima for each of three locations…
City | <td>
Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
</td>
Boston area | <td>
42.66
</td>
<td>
45.26
</td>
<td>
54.47
</td>
<td>
64.2
</td>
<td>
77.3
</td>
<td>
84.28
</td>
<td>
89.29
</td>
<td>
83.74
</td>
<td>
78.31
</td>
<td>
67.63
</td>
<td>
58.38
</td>
<td>
47.65
</td>
San Antonio | <td>
67.76
</td>
<td>
73.96
</td>
<td>
78.47
</td>
<td>
85.17
</td>
<td>
93.47
</td>
<td>
99.16
</td>
<td>
100.36
</td>
<td>
98.86
</td>
<td>
94.77
</td>
<td>
86.77
</td>
<td>
76.97
</td>
<td>
67.56
</td>
Minneapolis | <td>
35.08
</td>
<td>
37.68
</td>
<td>
51.66
</td>
<td>
62.76
</td>
<td>
76.76
</td>
<td>
83.78
</td>
<td>
87.38
</td>
<td>
84.58
</td>
<td>
78.67
</td>
<td>
62.57
</td>
<td>
51.27
</td>
<td>
34.18
</td>
Now we’re watching “Insomniac” with Dave Atell. By some strange quirk of fate Dave’s in Austin in this episode. I must say, sara seems to approve of the all-female roller derby…