Warmer-than-normal pattern to close out the year

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Camp Mabry recorded back-to-back 80°+ days, with today's high reaching 81°. The current record-high at Camp Mabry stands at 83°. Austin-Bergstrom International Airport reached 83°, just two degrees shy of its record-high.
The morning began with cloudy skies and a line of strong-to-severe storms that passed through the area, producing dozens of lightning strikes and multiple reports of pea-sized hail. After the front moved through, the afternoon turned sunny with