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Central Texas has a temperate, humid, subtropical climate with
mild winters and hot summers. In the city of Austin the weather
is not characterized by extremes, though the change between hot
and cold or dry and wet weather occurs so quickly that it may
seem like a severe change.
Summers can get very hot, and often stay that way for weeks at
a time. The city averages 111 days of 91+-degree F weather per
year, with 300 days of sunshine per year.
Winters are mild in Austin. The city sees and average of 88 days
below 45 degrees F per year. Snowfall is a rare sight in Austin,
Texas.
Severe weather in Austin usually takes the form of drought rather
than storms (the longest dry spell was 65 days in 1993). Although
tornados are not uncommon in other parts of Central Texas, they
are rare in Austin.
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