Texas can expect more blistering heat, extreme rainfall and devastating droughts in coming years, according to a report by the state’s climatologist.
The sign on a business reads 107° as Diego Cardenas works on a construction project in the median of the 2500 block of West Belt Line Road on Aug. 21 in Lancaster. The severe heat and drought of the past two years were not anomalies, but rather part of a trend toward hotter summers and milder winters, a new report says.
This story, originally posted in December 2023, is being republished in the aftermath of the Valley View tornado.of the past two years were not anomalies, but rather part of a trend toward hotter summers and milder winters, the report says. Notably, the number of 100-degree days in Texas has tripled over the past 40 years. In 2023,Even nighttime offers little relief.
Statewide, the average annual temperature is expected to be 3 degrees warmer by 2036 than the average of the 1950s, the report found.“Texas’ weather pattern is trending toward worsening extremes,” Texas 2036 wrote in a summary of the report, conducted by the state’s climatologist, John Nielsen-Gammon, who is also a professor at Texas A&M University. The report “demonstrates Texas must prepare for hotter summers, milder winters and more flash droughts.
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