[justanorherhack]

Last year was brutal, this year is great.

[MBCook]

I'm not in Texas but that matches my local weather as well. Lots of 90s, a few around 100, but not the sustained 100+ for weeks we had last year.

[nvahalik]

Indeed. We still had grass at the end of July.

[dylan604]

Sounds like Stockholm Syndrome to me my friend. I would not define this heat as great; more like just this side of deadly.

[hn_throwaway_99]

No, this summer is objectively one of the best we've had in a long time, at least in Austin. The fact that we've only had a few days above 105 is a blessing.

I mean, it's Texas - it's always blazing hot at the end of August, and that's to be expected. What's really changed over the past 25-50 years is that the plus 100 days have been starting earlier and earlier, and we've been having more of them. Thankfully, that wasn't the case this year.