Austin tied its daily heat record on Saturday after reaching 107 degrees, capping an unusually intense late-summer heat wave that will persist into next week alongside an ongoing 29-day dry spell.
High temperatures will continue to affect central Texas for much of this week. The National Weather Service maintains a heat warning for northern Hill Country and the Austin area this Monday. Although a slight decrease in temperatures is expected by the second half of the week, conditions will remain dangerously warm. Most communities in central and southern Texas will continue to record peaks above 100 degrees Fahrenheit at least until Wednesda…