October was much too warm, far too dry

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- "How much longer for this summer heat?" "When will the fall air arrive?" "Will it ever rain again?"

These were just a sampling of the questions asked of the First Warning Weather team during October. It seemed like summer temperatures just wouldn't go away with the blistering heat that the area experienced especially the first 15 days of the month.

The first two days had highs in the upper 90s, then the low to mid 90s until the 15th. A brief dip to the 80s happened on the 16th, then a few days in the 90s until the final Saturday of the month when Austin hit a high of 79°, the first and only day with a "normal" high. That also coincided with one of only two rain days the month would have.

The autumn air finally arrived the last three days of the month when we had our onl