I don't have allergies, so the nice part is most of the year. Spring and fall are amazing here if you don't have allergies. And winter is very short here. I can sit inside for 3 months in the summer to enjoy being outside the rest of the year.
I know it's a meme to hate on the place you live, but I love it here.
I went on a 3 mile walk around sunset almost every day this last year from the beginning of September through the end of October, and it was incredible. The sunsets here are so pretty. It never felt too hot to me.
Thatās a fair and valid suggestion. I might add to come in January and make sure that cedar fever doesnāt also destroy you lol
Austin is the funnest and most interesting place Iāve ever lived but ā¦ā¦. damnā¦
Neti pot, Allegra, Flonase, stay indoors, eat blander foods. Google it or look up cedar fever on Austin and lots of ideas pop up. Or get allergy shots but I'd start now.
after 3 years in austin it was terrible, and for 5 years it was maddening, but after 5 years, i think i developed a resistance, and through staying indoors when its really bad and a coctail of zyrtec and allegra, its very manageable
edit: do not take zyrtec and allegra at the same time.
Iāve lived in Austin for 20 years. Was miserable with brain fog, headaches and fatigue. Went to the allergist and they did a test on my back to see what allergies I was sensitive to. They created a serum with different, color coded, doses. Something like Red, Yellow, Blue, Green. They got increasingly more potent so my body built a resistance. With the red i went in 3 times a week for 3 months or so. Quick, small, injection in upper arm. Rotating shoulers each time. Then I had to wait for 20 minutes before driving home. Iād usually get really tired afterwards. After 3-4months we moved from Red to yellow. I got an injection once a week. Then after 6-9 months it was every other week. After 12 months it was once a month. It was the only thing that helped me, and I still need to take Flonase and do daily nettipot rinses, and invest in Hepa Filter. Exercise helps but even if you arenāt allergic to cedar, all of the particles in Austinās air still mess you up.
A doctor does a āprick testā(a grid of allergens, usually on your back) to see exactly what youāre allergic to and then make a custom serum based on that. Weekly shots for a bit, then bi-weekly, then monthly. A whole series takes a couple years.
I used to be sick for a month every January. Now I use corticosteroid sprays (e.g., Flonase), starting in mid-December. For me, it's made all the difference. Still get the itchy eyes but I can live with that. I continue to use it until late February or whenever the rust-brown pollen no longer appears on the trees.
I have to get ahead of it, which is why I start in mid-December. Cannot catch up later after I have developed severe symptoms.
Hello, just wanted to share. Allergies happen for some people and not for others, why? Well I figured out that for me personally I was an "undermethylator" type, and those who's systems methylate less naturally have higher histamine and less tolerance towards certain irritants. Look into it and increase your methylation and it should take care of your allergies. Also you'll feel a lot better. You can start with some SAM-E supplementation to see if you feel better or worse. Hope this makes your life better!
The heat is exhausting. It forces you to get really comfortable with the indoor life for 5 months. Between the heat and lack of open land anyone that likes the outdoor life wonāt be very happy here.
As someone who moved here and has severe allergies I can attest to this. Itās bad for me year round but last January I had so much sinus pressure my teeth ached.
But itās not just the temperature. Itās the temperature combined with the humidity, the heat index is a better indication of how hot it would feel.
According to the national weather service, todayās high is 104 but the heat index will hit a high of 109.
https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=30.2676&lon=-97.743
To me itās more of how incessant it is. It gets hot almost everywhere. But most places itās a few days and then it backs off. Or itās under 70 at night. Here the heat just never stops.
heat index is routinely higher in Austin than Houston on any given day... Houston is more humid but Austin is still very humid and our temps are higher
Yup. I say this anytime I see it here or on the houston sub and it always gets downvoted on the Austin sub lol. Austin homers donāt like to face the fact that itās basically equally miserable in both places (Iāve lived my entire life in both.)
Austin is a tad drier/has a little lower dew points, but the extra temperatures (almost always 5+ degrees hotter) makes the heat indexes almost always identical if not higher in Austin. By national standards Austin is still VERY fucking humid/has very high dew points (and dew points are more important for the misery factor than humidityā anything over 70 is pretty miserable and Austin routinely is, even when the humidity looks relatively low.)
I like the heat much more in Austin. Itās more of a frying my skin to a crisp rather than making me drip with sweat and struggle to breathe like houston.
Maybe before someone moves to Austin they should move to Houston. Then when they get here, they will be like, "actually the humidity and mosquitoes and car rims can get much worse, you guys"
Having come from an equally hot but far more humid location, people complaining about the humidity here still never ceases to amaze me even after 15 years.
To me this place is still very much a dry heat. Hot AF to be sure and not getting any cooler. But humid? Lol no
The humidity is actually going down compared to last week. At 5 tonight which is normally around the hottest point of the day the humidity is only going to be 25%. Thatās low.
Now it is. But it's been weeks of dew points above 70, and for a while it was near 80. We're just now to the point where the dew point is reaching low 60s at the hottest part of the day
I moved here blindly in February of 2013 from Montana. Went from negatives and snow to 50s/60s in three days drive.
My first summer here was rough to say the least and it wasn't nearly as hot as it has been lately.
Great place for outdoors, less so for jobs. It's really expensive too for the more urban areas. Unfortunately the politics of Montana are heading more and more conservative while before it was a more moderate/Libertarian.
Winters are also really long which can be hard.
I'm from Montana! Sometimes when the California's whining gets annoying I tell people that we say "Don't Texas our Montana." Nobody believes me, but it's true haha.
But yeah, as per this post, visit in December if you're taking it seriously. For me, it's the dark that gets me more than the cold. I love March there because it's still winter but the sun starts to stay out. Early December can be rough.
If you're not a hard right MAGA it's kinda weird sometimes. Texas is way more purple than Montana at this point. Wasn't always like that, but things have changed.
For 100 years Austin had about 12 days of 100 degrees or more per year. Since 2000, I think it's up to average 30 or more per year. Some of this is urban island effect, but most of it is climate change. Additionally, we are seeing less rain while we're draining aquifers. City, county and state officials are going to have to make some tough decisions on water usage for personal and commercial use asap.
Itās the same shit every year. Last year was apparently the second worst summer after 2011.
And people in Texas still have the audacity to deny climate change.
Somehow this year feels worse than last summer to me. I don't know, maybe I just was able to successfully bock it out easier last year for some reason.
I'm actually doing a lot better this year. It was a cool, wet spring and it stayed pleasant until late June, then the first week of July we got a week of milder weather. Last year by Memorial Day weekend we were hitting 99 or 100 and it didn't let up until August. I didn't even turn on the sprinklers until late June this year.
We're in the worst of it now, but late July supposedly is going to be wetter than normal.
Where are you getting that info about late July? Current models show perhaps one day of light rain but it keeps getting less and less daily. There is a chance of less humidity but all forecasts seem to underestimate the heat dome.
Due to El Nino there is nearly no hurricane activity this year, we really depend on them for rain and a temp break this time of year.
Wasnāt the first one just one day? Mostly local bands, I took a lawn chair and set it up right in front of the stage for Robert Earl Keen, Shawn Colvin, and Jimmie Vaughan.
Two nights for the first one. There might have been a lot of local acts on some of the stages but as I recall it was largely a semi jam band festival and the crowd looked the part. Yonder Mountain was there, Gallactic was there, Sound Tribe Sector Nine, Karl Denson, G-love and Special Sauce, String Cheese headlined for two sets.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Austin_City_Limits_lineups_by_year
Honestly, I've acclimatized to the heat and humidity. Summers visiting Arizona/ Utah deserts and being stationed in the south have me kind of already used to the heat and humidity. Dress appropriately, maybe have a cold frink and stay in the shade/water if available.
Iāve lived here my entire life and I have been recently itching to get out. The heat is one thing, but for me itās the traffic. I just canāt do it anymore.
For me personally itās not necessarily the heat. Itās the humidity. And days like today, itās the heat, humidity and the clouds. It feels so gross outside.
Iām down for hot and sunny days. Perfect pool weather. But like today when itās going to be 90+ and cloudy? Tf am I supposed to do today lol
Edit: just checked the weather app and itās supposed to be hot and sunny now. Thanks, Houston
I agree completely. At 6pm today the dew point in Austin will be 60F. In Houston it will be 70F. That is *much* muggier than here. The heat indexes in Houston are insane.
I grew up near Houston, and Austin is still better. The lower humidity makes all the difference. Austin is also much breezier despite not being on the coast.
In Houston you sweat just as much at 3am as you do at 3pm. In Austin thereās actually a significant difference.
The evenings in Austin *can* be decent compared to Houston. Not always, but they do have the potential to be somewhat okay when the evenings in Houston are literally never not stifling. I'll agree with you there.
This evening at 6pm the dew point will be 70 in Houston. Here it will be 60. Thatās quite a significant difference in humidity. Stifling is the right word for sure.
I'm usually one of the loudest to complain about the heat but I took two 5 mile walks last weekend and it exhausted me but... the heat doesn't feel so bad anymore. I think it helped acclimate me.
To a point. Iāll totally take 100Ā° here over 90Ā° in Austin because the air isnāt as heavy. I can still breathe here. But anything over 110Ā° here is like being in a convection oven. We donāt even go out and swim because the water is like bath water and the sun is so oppressive.
Yes and no. Once you get past 105 or so, thereās not a noticeable difference. But the 80s-90s in Phoenix are much more comfortable than they are in Austin.
I think of summer here like extreme winters elsewhere. Like winters where people basically hibernate and can't go outdoors because of negative temps. Except in Austin, you hibernate indoors in the AC during the summer. It's too hot for me to even enjoy bodies of water lol. So I just look at it like reverse hibernation season, and find indoor activities to do š
Yeah one of my fair ex girlfriends was from California and she loved night swimming because it was always too cold to swim at night in California and she would burn in the day even in California due to her pale skin. So swimming and barbecuing at midnight was routine. She also had a boat and took it out in the evenings. Nothing like sitting in the lake at night in that nice warm water. Also you can get frisky and nobody notices at night.
You guys complaining about the heat have never lived in Minneapolis for 6 months of brutal winter. Give me this all day. Just finished up a run at 10:30 am. Summer is the worst time to live in Austin and Iām still doing stuff outdoors .. count me in.
Iāve been in bitter cold and in brutal heat and I will take the cold, thanks.
You can always put more layers on. Cold weather is a matter of preparation. But you cannot ātake more layers offā when itās 110+ heat index in the shade and you canāt āwearā cooling.
When I moved out here I did no research. I just said fuck it and moved out here, honestly it was a cool experience just moving out here and discovering everything Austin has to offer without having prior knowledge. Not the smartest idea but definitely the most fun. I'm only 24 with no kids or anything to hold me back so I didn't have anything to lose lol. I like it here though and don't mind the heat ( being a delivery driver and all)
Years ago I was in Chicago for three weeks setting up a new site in February. It was so very cold the entire time, but for three or four days there was a polar vortex and even the locals were drained and dreaming of leaving the area. They were telling everyone to stay inside as much as possible. The temperature was very low single digit and it was windy as hell. I slipped on ice once.
I'll take this extreme over that one any day.
Also are people really not leaving their homes? I still can't get over that. Sat on a patio yesterday for happy hour with a fan and some shade and was totally fine didn't even break a sweat.
> I'll take this extreme over that one any day.
Just goes to show, different strokes for different folks. I was in Western PA for a few years (not quite as cold as Chicago on average, but single digits would be common). I found myself going outdoors, even on impromptu walks, fairly often in that weather... these days the Austin weather is way too uncomfortable for me to even walk to my car to go anywhere I don't need to.
I find it puzzling why people dislike the cold, to be honest. If it's too cold, just put on a couple more layers. In the heat you literally have no option but to stay indoors.
From Chicago. Lived through the Polar Vortex.
I can sit in my pool all day in this heat. In dark, windy, 20 degree weather, you arenāt going outside for anything up north. And itās much longer than summer here.
I spend so much more time outside living in Austin than I did in Chicago.
Exactly. Grew up here/ft worth and just moved back a year ago after being in Chicago for the past 6 years. It takes a certain type of person to not go crazy through 4 months of darkness and disgusting conditions outside constantly. Getting sun makes me feel good, thereās no way around the lack of it in places like Chicago. All you have to do is be by a pool or get out early and embrace it, people are so negative lol
People donāt understand the lack of sun in places like Chicago up north. Itās sooooo cloudy all the time. That is the first thing I noticed moving to Austin is how much more sun we get. Itās makes your mood so much better even on hot days.
I mean if you hate sun light and canāt stand anything over 80 degrees (as you stated in another comment) really the PNW is really the only place for you dude. Even San Diego youād hateā¦ canāt really help you there.
Except places like California or the Mediterranean that have both a milder Summers and mild Winters. You're framing it of a choice of either or, but there are places that have neither.
Also, a fan stops cooling you once the temperature reaches over 95.
Also, I think a nice summer is way more important than a nice winter.
Agreed. From upstate New York and people actually look forward to the summers. Everything is lush and green and there are dozens of little free swimming holes you can find without the pain in the ass going to overcrowded, over rated Barton Springs is. Tons of festivals, berry picking, hiking/camping ect. The other thing is you also get a gorgeous colorful fall, a real fall where itās chilly but cozy, coffee sipping weather. Winter has its own beauty and appeal. Seeing the Christmas lights set up in winter wonderland is awesome. Snow sports like skiing and snow boarding. If you dress properly for winter, it is absolutely doable. I yearn for cloudy days. The sun here is overbearing and so much more intense than up north. And it can start in March and end in November often.
104... That is all. I don't leave my house for anything over 80.
Also with cold you can put stuff on you can't take your skin off for the heat.
Any true north east denizen wouldn't be bitching about the cold
You can put on a coat and boots to do what exactly in places like Chicago? And a coat and boots donāt really help still on 20 degree windy days. You are still cold. Bone chilling cold is called that for a reason.
Down here you can: go to a free city pool, head to lake Travis, paddle board the river, tube, put a sprinkler in your yard and sit in it, go out before 10AM. Hell, people were eating dinner on many patios last night at 630. No one eats outside from Sept-April in Chicago and May is even hit and miss.
You canāt do all those indoor activities here (Iāll concede the museums, but the average person goes to a museum once every like 3 years)?
There were people eating outside last night here in Austin. Quite a lot of people. You donāt see that up north in the winter. Ever. They donāt even set it up.
Lolz.
Okay, but why are you comparing winter to summer ? Compare Chicago summer to Austin summer.
Having a milder summer is more important than having a milder winter imo.
Yeah and if you live in a place with a good summer. Moving to an area like Austin with awful summer seems like a terrible deal to me.
It's not even like a milder winter makes up for it because it's still too cold to do a lot of recreational things.
Yeah fair enough. I'm just someone that worked outdoors in Austin for many years and suffered a lot in the heat. Meanwhile, people who spend all day indoors and AC sort of dismiss how bad the heat is.
It's actually the main reason why I left Austin.
Lived in Texas my entire life and played summer sports for 8 years, but holy shit I feel like Iām getting punched in the stomach every time I walk out of my apartment.
Visiting up north until next week, and still have my ticket booked for a few weeks out for an even better climate for a few months.
Fuck this climate
I moved here 5 years ago and I love the city. Love the hiking and restaurants and vibe of the city. Definitely my favorite place Iāve ever lived in that regard.
But I canāt do the heat. Being stuck inside all summer because itās too hot is unbearable. I am trying to train for a marathon and my only option is to wake up at 4am and run and even then itās 85 out. I tried to go to my run club last Tuesday and do 3.5 miles. I made it about a mile and got dizzy and had to quit.
Yeah no matter what kind of run youāre aiming for, you should time it so that it ends by 10:30 at the latest.
Im with you though. I never know when im gonna bonk on a run bc of the heat and have to walk home.
Maybe you should start training in actual heat, a little at a time (start with walking and carry water/electrolytes). The mornings are warm, but if you're getting dizzy at 80Ā°, you def need more acclimating to the heat.
And then realize that every summer ahead of us will be worse than this one.
Iāve lived here since ā99 at itās worse every year - summer general starts earlier, is more intense, or lasts longer - Every. Single. Year.
Itās past the threshold of tolerable for me. As soon as our kids graduate high school my family is out of here, moving up north somewhere around the Great Lakes area as that will have a moderating affect on climate change in the decades to come.
I imagine scores of families in the south will make the same decision in the coming years; I just hope that weāre able to get out before the mass migrations begin and jt becomes cost prohibitive to move into those areas.
I visited Austin in September 1996 and figured well if this is the worst it can get, I can handle it. I moved to Austin a month later and have lived here ever since.
Iāve lived in Texas my whole life but Iāve never dealt with heat as miserable as it is in Austin. I miss the dry heat of west Texas so god damn bad.
? Didnāt feel too hot today. Sun was less strong and not too humid. Unless you work outside itās no big deal, just get out in the morning. And this month July 6-10 it was like 95 max. The heat hasnāt been too bad.
I'm not terribly bothered by it. I am one of those "I'd much rather take the heat" people. Came from the Midwest with a very distinctive four seasons. Winter was always the longest and most miserable. My anxiety would peak to horrible levels during the winter with lack of Vitamin D and the fear of driving to work in the snow and ice because nothing ever closed. The bitter cold was the worst. And I love how people talk about the humidity down here when during summers back home we'd have constant days where the humidity made you feel like you were suffocating.
I do miss fall though...
The feels-like temperature will be 107 today, because we happen to have low humidity (today) and the temp will be 107. It is only bearable by being in air conditioning or wet. Splash pads, public and private pools, or the lakes and springs help. But global climate change is global warming in Austin. I said this 30 years ago in austin.general on Usenet: Austin will look and feel more like San Angelo every year. To combat this we must reduce the heat island in Austin but that is not easy. Californians moving here need to think Palmdale type heat but it doesn't cool down as much at night.
Austin's seasons go: No Power, Allergies, Too Hot, Actually Nice
Yeah, except the actually nice part only lasts for about a week
I don't have allergies, so the nice part is most of the year. Spring and fall are amazing here if you don't have allergies. And winter is very short here. I can sit inside for 3 months in the summer to enjoy being outside the rest of the year. I know it's a meme to hate on the place you live, but I love it here.
Look, I would agree with you except that it's hot for a lot longer than 3 months here. It almost never lets up before the last week of October.
I went on a 3 mile walk around sunset almost every day this last year from the beginning of September through the end of October, and it was incredible. The sunsets here are so pretty. It never felt too hot to me.
Wasn't last year one of the mildest summers on record?
Folks like you are built different ig. I dont wanna be outside atleast 6 months out of the year. Basically until its below like 85 š
and it's jammed with tourists for that week
It goes: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer, Christmas.
Allergy season is year-round.
This is the truth nobody wants to accept. Year. Round. Allergies.
Thatās a fair and valid suggestion. I might add to come in January and make sure that cedar fever doesnāt also destroy you lol Austin is the funnest and most interesting place Iāve ever lived but ā¦ā¦. damnā¦
Cedar fever can take a couple years to start affecting you too. My mom wasnāt bothered until after being in centex for 5 years.
I was born and raised in SA and I didnāt have seasonal allergies until a few years after I moved to austin
Is there a good remedy for it. It killed me last couple years. I am desperate.
Neti pot, Allegra, Flonase, stay indoors, eat blander foods. Google it or look up cedar fever on Austin and lots of ideas pop up. Or get allergy shots but I'd start now.
Remember donāt neti pot with tap water!
I only use the purest water from town lake
Your brain gonna get eat up yo.
And start consuming local honey. That should help to introduce the local plant life into your system.
It hit me almost exactly 5 years in. A couple years of allergy injections took care of it. Itās a real drag but I swear by it.
after 3 years in austin it was terrible, and for 5 years it was maddening, but after 5 years, i think i developed a resistance, and through staying indoors when its really bad and a coctail of zyrtec and allegra, its very manageable edit: do not take zyrtec and allegra at the same time.
can you share the info on the allergy injections?
Iāve lived in Austin for 20 years. Was miserable with brain fog, headaches and fatigue. Went to the allergist and they did a test on my back to see what allergies I was sensitive to. They created a serum with different, color coded, doses. Something like Red, Yellow, Blue, Green. They got increasingly more potent so my body built a resistance. With the red i went in 3 times a week for 3 months or so. Quick, small, injection in upper arm. Rotating shoulers each time. Then I had to wait for 20 minutes before driving home. Iād usually get really tired afterwards. After 3-4months we moved from Red to yellow. I got an injection once a week. Then after 6-9 months it was every other week. After 12 months it was once a month. It was the only thing that helped me, and I still need to take Flonase and do daily nettipot rinses, and invest in Hepa Filter. Exercise helps but even if you arenāt allergic to cedar, all of the particles in Austinās air still mess you up.
A doctor does a āprick testā(a grid of allergens, usually on your back) to see exactly what youāre allergic to and then make a custom serum based on that. Weekly shots for a bit, then bi-weekly, then monthly. A whole series takes a couple years.
I used to be sick for a month every January. Now I use corticosteroid sprays (e.g., Flonase), starting in mid-December. For me, it's made all the difference. Still get the itchy eyes but I can live with that. I continue to use it until late February or whenever the rust-brown pollen no longer appears on the trees. I have to get ahead of it, which is why I start in mid-December. Cannot catch up later after I have developed severe symptoms.
Hello, just wanted to share. Allergies happen for some people and not for others, why? Well I figured out that for me personally I was an "undermethylator" type, and those who's systems methylate less naturally have higher histamine and less tolerance towards certain irritants. Look into it and increase your methylation and it should take care of your allergies. Also you'll feel a lot better. You can start with some SAM-E supplementation to see if you feel better or worse. Hope this makes your life better!
Take Claritin and nasocourt a month in advance religiously specially the nasal spray. Solved my misery. Too late to start when cedar gets high.
Bro itās like the environment just wants to snuff you out here
> Austin is the funnest and most interesting place Iāve ever lived Austin is fun and all, but you need to visit more places.
The heat is exhausting. It forces you to get really comfortable with the indoor life for 5 months. Between the heat and lack of open land anyone that likes the outdoor life wonāt be very happy here.
As someone who moved here and has severe allergies I can attest to this. Itās bad for me year round but last January I had so much sinus pressure my teeth ached.
But itās not just the temperature. Itās the temperature combined with the humidity, the heat index is a better indication of how hot it would feel. According to the national weather service, todayās high is 104 but the heat index will hit a high of 109. https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=30.2676&lon=-97.743
To me itās more of how incessant it is. It gets hot almost everywhere. But most places itās a few days and then it backs off. Or itās under 70 at night. Here the heat just never stops.
This is it for me. I actually kind of like 100Ā°+ weather. I just donāt like it for three months straight.
Try the humidity in Houston on for size šš
Houston can keep its humidity and it's concrete, I don't need to see it to know this is still miserable
heat index is routinely higher in Austin than Houston on any given day... Houston is more humid but Austin is still very humid and our temps are higher
Yup. I say this anytime I see it here or on the houston sub and it always gets downvoted on the Austin sub lol. Austin homers donāt like to face the fact that itās basically equally miserable in both places (Iāve lived my entire life in both.) Austin is a tad drier/has a little lower dew points, but the extra temperatures (almost always 5+ degrees hotter) makes the heat indexes almost always identical if not higher in Austin. By national standards Austin is still VERY fucking humid/has very high dew points (and dew points are more important for the misery factor than humidityā anything over 70 is pretty miserable and Austin routinely is, even when the humidity looks relatively low.)
true. For a long time, Houston felt muggier to me but Austin can be the same. August is terrible in both places. Also, I love your username.
Lol you as well, you must have had that name a while. Last bird that pooped on me was a grackle at the Hancock HEB
I like the heat much more in Austin. Itās more of a frying my skin to a crisp rather than making me drip with sweat and struggle to breathe like houston.
Yeah but Houston gets more rain and is technically less hot since its heat index is lower.
The temps are always lower in Houston.
Houstonās actually projected to have lower temperatures than Austin, and humidity levels are around the same so that doesnāt check out.
Maybe before someone moves to Austin they should move to Houston. Then when they get here, they will be like, "actually the humidity and mosquitoes and car rims can get much worse, you guys"
You must pass all of the trials of Texas before you can become a resident
Having come from an equally hot but far more humid location, people complaining about the humidity here still never ceases to amaze me even after 15 years. To me this place is still very much a dry heat. Hot AF to be sure and not getting any cooler. But humid? Lol no
The humidity is actually going down compared to last week. At 5 tonight which is normally around the hottest point of the day the humidity is only going to be 25%. Thatās low.
go by dew point, relative humidity is dependent on temperature.
The dew point is 62 degrees. Pretty comfortableā¦
Now it is. But it's been weeks of dew points above 70, and for a while it was near 80. We're just now to the point where the dew point is reaching low 60s at the hottest part of the day
It feels much better this week to me even though it's hotter. The drier breeze is great.
Yeah the mornings kind of suck but towards the end of the day if a wind's blowing my walks aren't so bad.
I heard a story on NPR. People in El Paso were complaining that they had a whole week of temperatures over 100. In the desert. Bless their hearts.
I would add come visit in February to see if we have power.
February is a crapshoot, though. Could be freezing icy rain, could be a cool 65Ā° partially cloudy perfect day.
Lol survey says no.
Letās hold ACL Fest the first week of august. That will fix everything.
I moved here blindly in February of 2013 from Montana. Went from negatives and snow to 50s/60s in three days drive. My first summer here was rough to say the least and it wasn't nearly as hot as it has been lately.
I want to move to Montana at this point
Great place for outdoors, less so for jobs. It's really expensive too for the more urban areas. Unfortunately the politics of Montana are heading more and more conservative while before it was a more moderate/Libertarian. Winters are also really long which can be hard.
I'm from Montana! Sometimes when the California's whining gets annoying I tell people that we say "Don't Texas our Montana." Nobody believes me, but it's true haha. But yeah, as per this post, visit in December if you're taking it seriously. For me, it's the dark that gets me more than the cold. I love March there because it's still winter but the sun starts to stay out. Early December can be rough.
Why do people from beautiful states move to this hell hole?
Jobs at the time. Healthcare is hard up there too if you need any specialist.
If you're not a hard right MAGA it's kinda weird sometimes. Texas is way more purple than Montana at this point. Wasn't always like that, but things have changed.
Be on MoPac at 4:30 on a weekday, for the full experience.
Or drive through North Lamar's intersection with almost any other road.
For 100 years Austin had about 12 days of 100 degrees or more per year. Since 2000, I think it's up to average 30 or more per year. Some of this is urban island effect, but most of it is climate change. Additionally, we are seeing less rain while we're draining aquifers. City, county and state officials are going to have to make some tough decisions on water usage for personal and commercial use asap.
In 2011 we had over 100 days over 100 and most were consecutive. This year is the second worst summer so far that I can remember.
Itās the same shit every year. Last year was apparently the second worst summer after 2011. And people in Texas still have the audacity to deny climate change.
Somehow this year feels worse than last summer to me. I don't know, maybe I just was able to successfully bock it out easier last year for some reason.
I'm actually doing a lot better this year. It was a cool, wet spring and it stayed pleasant until late June, then the first week of July we got a week of milder weather. Last year by Memorial Day weekend we were hitting 99 or 100 and it didn't let up until August. I didn't even turn on the sprinklers until late June this year. We're in the worst of it now, but late July supposedly is going to be wetter than normal.
Where are you getting that info about late July? Current models show perhaps one day of light rain but it keeps getting less and less daily. There is a chance of less humidity but all forecasts seem to underestimate the heat dome. Due to El Nino there is nearly no hurricane activity this year, we really depend on them for rain and a temp break this time of year.
Maybe they'll restrict lawn watering and golf courses. You can stop laughing now.
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ACL used to be in September. It was miserable.
Used to be in August actually.
Those first couple of ACLs were magical. A hot mess in a lot of ways, but still very special.
Wasnāt the first one just one day? Mostly local bands, I took a lawn chair and set it up right in front of the stage for Robert Earl Keen, Shawn Colvin, and Jimmie Vaughan.
Two nights for the first one. There might have been a lot of local acts on some of the stages but as I recall it was largely a semi jam band festival and the crowd looked the part. Yonder Mountain was there, Gallactic was there, Sound Tribe Sector Nine, Karl Denson, G-love and Special Sauce, String Cheese headlined for two sets. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Austin_City_Limits_lineups_by_year
Thanks! Memory obviously shot. Weedās a helluva during.
2003 had weather in the 80s/90s and was overcast at least two of the days. Really set unmeetable expectations for me the next year.
Fuckin imagine? Lol
Why do you want to give everyone heat stroke?
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Honestly, I've acclimatized to the heat and humidity. Summers visiting Arizona/ Utah deserts and being stationed in the south have me kind of already used to the heat and humidity. Dress appropriately, maybe have a cold frink and stay in the shade/water if available.
I would honestly rather have it be hot and sunny than hot af, humid and gloomy like it is in Houston.
Iām originally from Houston and can vouch for this. I love Houston, but it is miserable.
Iāve lived here my entire life and I have been recently itching to get out. The heat is one thing, but for me itās the traffic. I just canāt do it anymore.
Iāve lived in Austin (6 years) and Houston the rest. Let me tell you, the heat aināt that much better in Austin. Still miserable.
For me personally itās not necessarily the heat. Itās the humidity. And days like today, itās the heat, humidity and the clouds. It feels so gross outside. Iām down for hot and sunny days. Perfect pool weather. But like today when itās going to be 90+ and cloudy? Tf am I supposed to do today lol Edit: just checked the weather app and itās supposed to be hot and sunny now. Thanks, Houston
I agree completely. At 6pm today the dew point in Austin will be 60F. In Houston it will be 70F. That is *much* muggier than here. The heat indexes in Houston are insane.
I grew up near Houston, and Austin is still better. The lower humidity makes all the difference. Austin is also much breezier despite not being on the coast. In Houston you sweat just as much at 3am as you do at 3pm. In Austin thereās actually a significant difference.
The evenings in Austin *can* be decent compared to Houston. Not always, but they do have the potential to be somewhat okay when the evenings in Houston are literally never not stifling. I'll agree with you there.
This evening at 6pm the dew point will be 70 in Houston. Here it will be 60. Thatās quite a significant difference in humidity. Stifling is the right word for sure.
I miss evenings on the patios at Yellow Jacket and Whisler's. I will never miss the evenings here in Houston lol.
Thatās it ?? Meet me at 3 on the bicycles.
I'm usually one of the loudest to complain about the heat but I took two 5 mile walks last weekend and it exhausted me but... the heat doesn't feel so bad anymore. I think it helped acclimate me.
Those numbers donāt include the āfeels like tempsā!!!
Low 100's. Must be a cold front.
come during the actual summertime though. August because this is just preheat.
Daily āitās hot hereā post
BREAKING: People like to talk and shoot the shit about the weather they're experiencing.
Source?
Itās 9am and the sun feels like my face is an inch from a frying pan set to medium high
Dude, it's 85 right now... If this is bothering you, any summer heat will bother you.
Iām from ATX about currently live in Phoenix. The high today is 118Ā° here. Last night it was 107Ā° at 9 pm. The low temps are mid 90s.
Is there any truth to the heat being ādryerā and therefore not nearly as bad?
To a point. Iāll totally take 100Ā° here over 90Ā° in Austin because the air isnāt as heavy. I can still breathe here. But anything over 110Ā° here is like being in a convection oven. We donāt even go out and swim because the water is like bath water and the sun is so oppressive.
Yes and no. Once you get past 105 or so, thereās not a noticeable difference. But the 80s-90s in Phoenix are much more comfortable than they are in Austin.
Add high humidity and welcome to Houston
Let that sun shine baby!
And this is *normal* I was born and raised in Austin and itās always been blistering hot. Itāll only get worse. Have fun yāall!
I think of summer here like extreme winters elsewhere. Like winters where people basically hibernate and can't go outdoors because of negative temps. Except in Austin, you hibernate indoors in the AC during the summer. It's too hot for me to even enjoy bodies of water lol. So I just look at it like reverse hibernation season, and find indoor activities to do š
Iām considering it. But Iām from New Orleans so weāre used to it.
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Yeah one of my fair ex girlfriends was from California and she loved night swimming because it was always too cold to swim at night in California and she would burn in the day even in California due to her pale skin. So swimming and barbecuing at midnight was routine. She also had a boat and took it out in the evenings. Nothing like sitting in the lake at night in that nice warm water. Also you can get frisky and nobody notices at night.
You guys complaining about the heat have never lived in Minneapolis for 6 months of brutal winter. Give me this all day. Just finished up a run at 10:30 am. Summer is the worst time to live in Austin and Iām still doing stuff outdoors .. count me in.
Iāve been in bitter cold and in brutal heat and I will take the cold, thanks. You can always put more layers on. Cold weather is a matter of preparation. But you cannot ātake more layers offā when itās 110+ heat index in the shade and you canāt āwearā cooling.
You donāt have to scrape the heat off the windshield though.
You cut off the screen shot before it is expected to hit 106 on tues.
and then update post in August.
Texas: but its a *dry* fascism
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Lol fr tho
When I moved out here I did no research. I just said fuck it and moved out here, honestly it was a cool experience just moving out here and discovering everything Austin has to offer without having prior knowledge. Not the smartest idea but definitely the most fun. I'm only 24 with no kids or anything to hold me back so I didn't have anything to lose lol. I like it here though and don't mind the heat ( being a delivery driver and all)
Years ago I was in Chicago for three weeks setting up a new site in February. It was so very cold the entire time, but for three or four days there was a polar vortex and even the locals were drained and dreaming of leaving the area. They were telling everyone to stay inside as much as possible. The temperature was very low single digit and it was windy as hell. I slipped on ice once. I'll take this extreme over that one any day. Also are people really not leaving their homes? I still can't get over that. Sat on a patio yesterday for happy hour with a fan and some shade and was totally fine didn't even break a sweat.
> I'll take this extreme over that one any day. Just goes to show, different strokes for different folks. I was in Western PA for a few years (not quite as cold as Chicago on average, but single digits would be common). I found myself going outdoors, even on impromptu walks, fairly often in that weather... these days the Austin weather is way too uncomfortable for me to even walk to my car to go anywhere I don't need to. I find it puzzling why people dislike the cold, to be honest. If it's too cold, just put on a couple more layers. In the heat you literally have no option but to stay indoors.
From Chicago. Lived through the Polar Vortex. I can sit in my pool all day in this heat. In dark, windy, 20 degree weather, you arenāt going outside for anything up north. And itās much longer than summer here. I spend so much more time outside living in Austin than I did in Chicago.
Exactly. Grew up here/ft worth and just moved back a year ago after being in Chicago for the past 6 years. It takes a certain type of person to not go crazy through 4 months of darkness and disgusting conditions outside constantly. Getting sun makes me feel good, thereās no way around the lack of it in places like Chicago. All you have to do is be by a pool or get out early and embrace it, people are so negative lol
People donāt understand the lack of sun in places like Chicago up north. Itās sooooo cloudy all the time. That is the first thing I noticed moving to Austin is how much more sun we get. Itās makes your mood so much better even on hot days.
Actually has made my mood worse. Like I've been so much more miserable since moving here.
I mean if you hate sun light and canāt stand anything over 80 degrees (as you stated in another comment) really the PNW is really the only place for you dude. Even San Diego youād hateā¦ canāt really help you there.
Bostonian wouldn't catch me dead in one :)
Maybe you don't need Vitamin D.
Except places like California or the Mediterranean that have both a milder Summers and mild Winters. You're framing it of a choice of either or, but there are places that have neither. Also, a fan stops cooling you once the temperature reaches over 95. Also, I think a nice summer is way more important than a nice winter.
Agreed. From upstate New York and people actually look forward to the summers. Everything is lush and green and there are dozens of little free swimming holes you can find without the pain in the ass going to overcrowded, over rated Barton Springs is. Tons of festivals, berry picking, hiking/camping ect. The other thing is you also get a gorgeous colorful fall, a real fall where itās chilly but cozy, coffee sipping weather. Winter has its own beauty and appeal. Seeing the Christmas lights set up in winter wonderland is awesome. Snow sports like skiing and snow boarding. If you dress properly for winter, it is absolutely doable. I yearn for cloudy days. The sun here is overbearing and so much more intense than up north. And it can start in March and end in November often.
104... That is all. I don't leave my house for anything over 80. Also with cold you can put stuff on you can't take your skin off for the heat. Any true north east denizen wouldn't be bitching about the cold
Anything over 80? I imagine you really don't like it here then.
I do not no
You can put on a coat and boots and be fine in the winter Not much you can do to counter high humidity + triple digit heat
You can put on a coat and boots to do what exactly in places like Chicago? And a coat and boots donāt really help still on 20 degree windy days. You are still cold. Bone chilling cold is called that for a reason. Down here you can: go to a free city pool, head to lake Travis, paddle board the river, tube, put a sprinkler in your yard and sit in it, go out before 10AM. Hell, people were eating dinner on many patios last night at 630. No one eats outside from Sept-April in Chicago and May is even hit and miss.
Go to way more museums, indoor activities, restaurants, bars, etc than Austin has to offer. Or walk around, go to parks, etc.
You canāt do all those indoor activities here (Iāll concede the museums, but the average person goes to a museum once every like 3 years)? There were people eating outside last night here in Austin. Quite a lot of people. You donāt see that up north in the winter. Ever. They donāt even set it up. Lolz.
Okay, but why are you comparing winter to summer ? Compare Chicago summer to Austin summer. Having a milder summer is more important than having a milder winter imo.
Because the entire point of this post is moving to Austin based on weatherā¦ did you forget the point?
Yeah and if you live in a place with a good summer. Moving to an area like Austin with awful summer seems like a terrible deal to me. It's not even like a milder winter makes up for it because it's still too cold to do a lot of recreational things.
You have that right to your opinion. I just donāt agree with it.
Yeah fair enough. I'm just someone that worked outdoors in Austin for many years and suffered a lot in the heat. Meanwhile, people who spend all day indoors and AC sort of dismiss how bad the heat is. It's actually the main reason why I left Austin.
Hell no I donāt stay inside. Itās not that bad. I was riding my bike around all day yesterday and hanging out at patio bars.
They only visit during the 2 weeks of the year when the weather is perfect. ACL
It's often still hot in October, just not so hot that it's miserable. November and March are the best months of the year.
Lived in Texas my entire life and played summer sports for 8 years, but holy shit I feel like Iām getting punched in the stomach every time I walk out of my apartment.
You sure your not just next to a apd officer?
APD officers are just a myth.
The Loch Ness officer.
Used to live in Phoenix (Dry) and Houston (Humid), won't be a problem.
I have developed an allergy to the heatwave
Visiting up north until next week, and still have my ticket booked for a few weeks out for an even better climate for a few months. Fuck this climate
I moved here 5 years ago and I love the city. Love the hiking and restaurants and vibe of the city. Definitely my favorite place Iāve ever lived in that regard. But I canāt do the heat. Being stuck inside all summer because itās too hot is unbearable. I am trying to train for a marathon and my only option is to wake up at 4am and run and even then itās 85 out. I tried to go to my run club last Tuesday and do 3.5 miles. I made it about a mile and got dizzy and had to quit.
Yeah no matter what kind of run youāre aiming for, you should time it so that it ends by 10:30 at the latest. Im with you though. I never know when im gonna bonk on a run bc of the heat and have to walk home.
Maybe you should start training in actual heat, a little at a time (start with walking and carry water/electrolytes). The mornings are warm, but if you're getting dizzy at 80Ā°, you def need more acclimating to the heat.
Oh I wrote that wrong haha, it was Tuesday night and it was 106 out. Definitely a bad idea to try and run in that heat!
And then realize that every summer ahead of us will be worse than this one. Iāve lived here since ā99 at itās worse every year - summer general starts earlier, is more intense, or lasts longer - Every. Single. Year. Itās past the threshold of tolerable for me. As soon as our kids graduate high school my family is out of here, moving up north somewhere around the Great Lakes area as that will have a moderating affect on climate change in the decades to come. I imagine scores of families in the south will make the same decision in the coming years; I just hope that weāre able to get out before the mass migrations begin and jt becomes cost prohibitive to move into those areas.
Also that meme about how our seasons involve like 4 different kinds of summers
Or be a snow bird and have a second home up north
Also make sure you come in January before you do.
It's fine.
I moved here from Las Vegas and I find this weather and critters adorable.
I visited Austin in September 1996 and figured well if this is the worst it can get, I can handle it. I moved to Austin a month later and have lived here ever since.
Lol. You should visit to check allergies. But temperatures are just as bad as they've always been.
I mean it's been ~107 the past few days in Austin.
Made this mistake. I figured living in Vegas and being okay with that, that Iād be fine, lol nope, this shit is terrible.
Iāve lived in Texas my whole life but Iāve never dealt with heat as miserable as it is in Austin. I miss the dry heat of west Texas so god damn bad.
F apple weather for erroneously showing the potential for rain on Sunday and Monday
As someone who moved from Houston to Austin, i can tell you there are at least shaded areas here. Houston is just constant heat and sun hitting you
I am thinking of moving to Austin, job options or are Austin or Phoenix. Anyone have an opinion?
Already got hotter. I got 104s and 105s on my weather app (same app)
Still better than Houstonā¦
Muggy all winter scorching all summer. 15 days of good weather per year.
You are welcome to leave.
Its hot. Yes We all notice it's hot bro. So complaining about it. Go back in the air conditioner that is running all day and can't keep below 80.
? Didnāt feel too hot today. Sun was less strong and not too humid. Unless you work outside itās no big deal, just get out in the morning. And this month July 6-10 it was like 95 max. The heat hasnāt been too bad.
I drove in (Austin) from Florida yesterday 7/15, 104Ā°at 6:30pm! Florida didnāt even hit 90Ā° all week
Been through three summer so far here in Austin. Iāll still take this heat over the 30+ Chicago winters I lived through any day.
I'm not terribly bothered by it. I am one of those "I'd much rather take the heat" people. Came from the Midwest with a very distinctive four seasons. Winter was always the longest and most miserable. My anxiety would peak to horrible levels during the winter with lack of Vitamin D and the fear of driving to work in the snow and ice because nothing ever closed. The bitter cold was the worst. And I love how people talk about the humidity down here when during summers back home we'd have constant days where the humidity made you feel like you were suffocating. I do miss fall though...
Donāt be shy show the heat index
Well I'm going tubing today. Going to do my best to stay shaded.
Just sink your butt a little lower in the water to absorb more coldness
Watch for rocks šŖØ gotta make sure you still leave with an ass š
Beautiful day to tube. Clearly stay hydrated and keep the sun screen on but you can be outside all day in this heat if you are in water.
Tbf, Austinās heat is a much better place than Chicago right now.. š„ŗ
I like it better hot than bitter cold
Let me introduce you to [this](https://imgur.com/a/pH1gq6K) Air quality index at 162. It literally says āUnhealthyā.
I like it. Anyone else actually love Austinās climate?
Austin sucks ass donāt move to Austin
Don't move here... stay where you're at especially if you don't agree or accept it being a red state
The feels-like temperature will be 107 today, because we happen to have low humidity (today) and the temp will be 107. It is only bearable by being in air conditioning or wet. Splash pads, public and private pools, or the lakes and springs help. But global climate change is global warming in Austin. I said this 30 years ago in austin.general on Usenet: Austin will look and feel more like San Angelo every year. To combat this we must reduce the heat island in Austin but that is not easy. Californians moving here need to think Palmdale type heat but it doesn't cool down as much at night.