These are the ten hottest weather temperature days in the history of San Antonio, Texas. The weather temperature data dates back to 1885.
The city of San Antonio, Texas is the seventh largest in the United States, and second largest in Texas (behind Houston) with 1.6 million people. The metro San Antonio area is the 24th largest in the United States, with 2.6 million people.
As anyone who lives in San Antonio, or has visited the city, knows, it can get pretty hot. In fact, only four months of the year have never had a 100 degree temperature day in San Antonio. Those four months are not entirely the months you would expect as they are October, November, December and January.
Most people would assume that February would be a month when San Antonio never had a 100 degree weather temperature day. In fact, San Antonio is the only major city in the United States that has had a 100 degree weather temperature day in the month of February.
The earliest the city has had a 100 degree temperature day is February 21, 1996, when the temperature was 100 degrees. The latest date the city has had a 100 degree day is September 28, 2005, when the temperature hit 104. The only months that have not seen a 100 degree day are October through January.
The hottest temperature ever recorded in San Antonio is 111 degrees, which occurred on September 5, 2000.
The hottest month of the year in San Antonio is August, when the temperature averages 84.4 degrees. July is right behind August at 84.2 degrees, followed by June at 81.8 and September at 79.4 degrees.
10 All-Time Hottest Weather Temperature Days in San Antonio History
1. September 5, 2000 - 111 degrees
2. August 28, 2011 - 110 degrees
3. September 4, 2000 - 109 degrees
T-4. June 29, 2013 - 108 degrees
T-4. August 19, 1986 - 108 degrees
T-6. July 13, 2020 - 107 degrees
T-6. August 29, 2011 - 107 degrees
T-6. August 20, 1909 - 107 degrees
T-6. June 15, 1998 - 107 degrees
T-10. June 26, 2012 - 106 degrees
T-10. August 27, 2011 - 106 degrees
It's also been 106 degrees in San Antonio six other times just the latest two dates are listed. Due to ties, eleven days are listed above on the list of ten hottest weather temperature days in San Antonio history. August has the most number of days on the list with five, followed by June with three days, September with two days and July with one date.
Without any doubt, San Antonio is a warm weather city and one of the days listed above occurred in 2020. However, San Antonio also set a coldest ever temperature daily record in 2020. On September 10, 2020, it was just 57 degrees in San Antonio which broke the record for coldest ever temperature recorded on that calendar day of the year dating all the way back to 1885.
In 2019, San Antonio broke three other all time record coldest daily records. On July 25, 2019, it was 64 degrees in San Antonio, on July 26, 2019, it was 66 degrees and on April 2, 2019, it was just 37 degrees in the city. San Antonio also set two coldest ever daily temperature records in 2018, so over the last three years the city has broken six all time daily coldest ever temperature records. Is that a trend? Time will tell.
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