Hottest summer on record underway with little relief in sight

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin's hottest summer on record continues as temperatures at Camp Mabry reached 100 degrees for the 26th time this year on Tuesday. Day and night temperatures are running the highest fever we've ever observed to date, and we have recorded more 100-degree days to this point than ever before at Camp Mabry.
This new stretch of 100-degree heat is expected to worsen through the coming weekend. A strong, August-like ridge of high pressure is meandering around the Central U.S., produ