2022 starts with 80s before a rapid temperature drop Saturday night

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Temperatures got very close to records today with 82 the unofficial high at Austin's Camp Mabry, falling just shy of the record 83 set on this day in 1951.NEW YEAR'S EVE: Increasingly cloudy skies and mild temps (upper 60s) will make for a comfortable night as revelers ring in the new year tonight. A low 20% chance of a few spotty showers exists but no meaningful rain is expected. The highest chances for any rain would be closer to the Hill Country.Midnight forecastNEW YEAR