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The temperature reported at Austin's airport is consistently a few degrees cooler than at Camp Mabry, the official weather station. This is due to the airport's location away from the urban heat island effect and its positioning in a cooler dip in the ground. Camp Mabry has a longer period of consistent record-keeping and is considered more representative of the weather in Austin.
Thursday marked the third-hottest day ever recorded in Austin, with a high temperature of 110° at Camp Mabry. This ties as the third-hottest temperature in the city's history and is the second-hottest day observed in August. Only two other days, in 2000 and 2011, were hotter. Additionally, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport experienced its fourth-hottest day with a high temperature of 109°. Camp Mabry has now seen 41 consecutive days of temperatures at or above 100°, breaking the previous record set in 2011.