How often does Austin hit 100°? Here's a breakdown by date, month, year and decade

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AUSTIN (KXAN) — Complete temperature records for Camp Mabry — Austin's official reporting site — date back to 1898. Since then, Austin has reached 100° a total of 2,009 times.

The average for any given year from 1898 to 2023 is about 16 triple-digit days per year, but the data shows that number is increasing. Between 1991 and 2020, the current dates used by the National Weather Service to calculate ave