This day in history

This day in weather history: April 12, 2026

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Date	Camp Mabry HI	Camp Mabry LO	Rain	ABIA HI	ABIA LO	Rain
2025	91	61	None	89	52	None
9th 90° day in Austin this year. High pressure kept us sunny, dry/RH 20-40%. High temperatures widespread 10° warmer than normal. Winds were gusty at times out of the south up to 25 mph.
2024	83	51	None	81	47	None
Chilly early then another warm afternoon. Sunny skies until high clouds begin increasing from the SW, then becoming mostly cloudy with high clouds during the evening. Breezy south winds.
2023	79	51	None	77	45	None
Mostly sunny to partly cloudy with light ESE winds.
2022	92	72	None	90	71	None
HIGH-END EF-3 TORNADO DEVELOPS IN N. WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND TREKS 16.5 MI INTO BELL COUNTY. TORNADO STARTS 5 MI NE OF FLORENCE AT 5:34 PM. EF-1 INTENSITY IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY WITH 100 MPH WINDS. INTENSIFIES INTO EF-3 IN BELL CO. WITH 165 MPH WINDS, DISSIPATES 3 MI SSE HARKER HEIGHTS (BELL CO.) AT 6:06 PM. TAKES A HARD LEFT TURN BEFORE HITTING POPULATED AREA OF SALADO AND BUSY I-35. KXAN TORNADO CHASER JEFF MANGUM SHOWS TORNADO LIVE ON TV FROM JARRELL LOOKING NORTHWESTWARD. 23 INJURED IN BELL CO., 12 HOSPITALIZED, 1 CRITICAL. PREGNANT WOMAN LOSES UNBORN BABY. STORM PRODUCES 5.5" DIAMETER HAIL NEAR SALADO -- NOT FAR FROM ALL-TIME TX RECORD OF 6.4" IN HONDO, 2021. ANOTHER POTENTIAL TORNADO TOUCHES DOWN IN MILAM CO. 8-8:30 PM, THOUGH NWS DID NOT RECEIVE SUFFICIENT DAMAGE REPORTS TO CONDUCT SURVEY. Near-record heat (rec: 93 Mabry, 92 KAUS), but very localized cap remains in place from Austin southward. Cap also breaks near San Antonio where hail was reported.
2021	90	66	None	87	61	None
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL HAMMERS LLANO EARLY EVENING FROM LONE HILL COUNTRY SUPERCELL. Warm, humid day. Advancing cold front combines with subtle upper-level disturbances to prompt SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH for much of Hill Country late afternoon/evening. Isolated supercells form near Brady, dropping a trail of egg to baseball size hail from Brady to Llano. Even a 3" diameter hail report just W. of Llano. Several car windshields shattered. Storm dissipates quickly before hitting Kingsland. Quiet late-night.
2020	87	70	0.03	87	72	Trace
TWO CONFIRMED TORNADOES Early morning strong to severe storms associated with a large storm system pushing towards us from the west and high instability in place. Severe thunderstorms started to fire in the Hill Country after 2AM. Handful of severe thunderstorms in the Hill Country throughout the early morning hours. Tornado warned storm showed tight couplet just northeast of Fredericksburg in the 4AM hour... confirmed tornado on the ground. Storm continued to move northeast and was issued another Tornado Warning over northern Blanco, southern Burnet County. ~5:30AM, radar confirmed tornado with tight velocity couplet and debris ball. Weakened as it hit the NW corner of Travis County. Williamson County slammed with heavy rain and strong winds. Most of the Eastern Counties missed out on the rain. Austin only saw a few showers (most of the activity missed the city to the northwest). Everything cleared by 9AM. Afternoon featured Wind Advisory with strong west winds gusting 30-40mph. Very warm. DAMAGE: later in the day, photos showed flipped over RVs in northern Blanco County and multiple trees uprooted. A couple people had to be extricated from their mobile homes and RVs. No fatalities recorded.
2019	79	54	None	80	51	None
Partly cloudy and nice in the morning, warm afternoon, becoming cloudy by evening with a few isolated light rain showers developing ahead of storm moving toward Texas from Desert Southwest.
2018	86	63	None	86	61	None
Cloudy in the morning, becoming partly sunny and very warm. Temps up to 95Âº in Mason County. Gusty south winds.
2017	78	61	None	78	59	Trace
Light drizzle reported in the morning at ABIA. Overcast skies until the afternoon, where sunshine broke through. Perfectly average day, temperature-wise.
2016	73	63	0.68	70	62	0.5
Overcast behind early morning cold front with scattered light rain showers during the day, then widespread rain and thunderstorms move west to east across area late. 1.9" in 1 hour near driftwood. Very heavy rain, scattered small hail reports, and frequent lighting. Severe t-storm warning issued late for SE Travis and eastern counties. Upper low moves rapidly into West Texas. NWS RAINFALL TOTALS UPDATED AFTER 1AM DUE TO LATE EVENING RAIN. CAMP MABRY: 1.19 ABIA: 1.68
2015	82	67	0.01"	82	65	Trace
Mostly cloudy, with showers and thunderstorms in the vicinity. Very dense fog reported, reducing visibility to less than a quarter mile during the morning hours. Gusty S winds 10-20 mph.
2014	85	65	None	86	65	None
Overcast early with some patchy light fog, remaining mostly cloudy. Gusty SSE winds over 30 mph.
2013	81	44	None	81	39	None
Unseasonably cold early, but a warm afternoon, under clear to mostly sunny skies.
2012	86	68	Trace	86	67	Trace
Hazy, muggy, and very warm
2011	86	53	None	85	42	None
Mostly clear and cool in the morning, becoming mostly cloudy as high clouds spread over the area during the afternoon. A few Hill Country spots record AM lows in the upper 30s.
2010	79	59	None	79	54	None
Morning low clouds, some fog, becoming partly sunny and warm.
2009	83	61	0.42	84	61	0.34
Widespread rain and some thunderstorms early, ending from west to east during the morning, becoming a breezy, but otherwise beautiful Easter Sunday.
2008	75	53	None	73	44	None
Clear early, becoming partly sunny mid-day, then mostly sunny again. Gusty north winds up to 32 miles an hour.
2007	81	52	None	80	43	None
Sunny and warm. SSE winds 15-25 mph, gusting up to 35 mph.
2006	85	65	Trace	85	64	None
Mostly cloudy until late afternoon, becoming mostly clear during the evening.
2005	82	51	None	82	44	None
Mostly clear. Some early morning readings in the 30s in Hill Country.
2004	65	46	None	66	44	Trace
Early morning showers end east. Overcast morning, becoming partly sunny during the afternoon. Powerful upper trough moves across Texas.
2003	82	53	None	82	45	None
Patchy morning fog, becoming mostly sunny and warm.
2002	84	66	None	84	61	None
Morning clouds, becoming partly cloudy & warm.
2001	78	58	0.01	77	54	0.01
Cloudy, with fog, drizzle and scattered light rain, mainly during the morning. Isolated p.m. showers.
2000	69	60	0.39	70	59	0.82
Severe thunderstorms move through Travis Williamson counties around 1 a.m. 57-59 mph gusts at AFD-33, Canyon Vista MS and Pflugerville MS. Dime to quarter size hail N. and W. Travis and S. Williamson counties. Some wind damage in these areas. Heavy rainfall areawide, ends early. Continued cloudy, with isolated showers.
1999	82	63	None
Mostly Cloudy.
1998	79	60	None
Morning clouds, then P.C., very windy.
1997	58	39	Trace
Morning clearing, mostly sunny by late morning, with increasing highs clouds late afternoon.
1996	85	68	trace
tornado watch for Williamson, Milam, Lee Counties
1995	83	47	none
clear
1994	72	52	none

1993	83	69	none

1992	84	68	trace

1991	85	73	none
very humid - dew point reaches 73; tornado watch issued in evening for northern counties, but no thunderstorms form; one supercell between FTW and SEP
1990	76	49	none

1989	62	42	0.12