Austin get really cold like N. Florida? How friendly and walkable? (Atlanta: to live, garden)

[cBach]

Originally Posted by Need4Camaro

I have to admit that after this summer, 50's feels pretty darn cold. I went out without a jacket nearly shivering and couldn't believe it when my cars thermometer told me it was 58* outside

Today is really cold, upper 40's for a high. I had to crank the heat at full blast in my truck for a while. Not acclimated at all.

[riaelise]

It's bloody cold out there (for this place) right now and when the sun goes down it will be even colder. the difference is the dampness. 50 and damp mind as well be 37.

30s here are very cold. the hill country will get a taste of that overnight.

And yes it gets down into the 20s, it's not every day but sporadically spaced throughout the winter season. You can get "arctic blasts" in March and even April.

probably due to el nino/la nina.

[m1a1mg]

Originally Posted by cBach

How long have you lived here? This is very typical for winter. We had a period of 3 weeks last year that it rained every day in December.

Really? I don't remember that. Apparently neither does the National Weather Service: https://weather.com/weather/monthly/...817dffffc487c2

[Need4Camaro]

Welp. Turns out Austin does get really cold! Like right now

[cBach]

Originally Posted by Need4Camaro

Welp. Turns out Austin does get really cold! Like right now

Yes very cold this morning. Afternoon high will be 58 though so not super bad and in mid 60's by weekend.

[asubram3]

Originally Posted by riaelise

It's bloody cold out there (for this place) right now and when the sun goes down it will be even colder. the difference is the dampness. 50 and damp mind as well be 37.

30s here are very cold. the hill country will get a taste of that overnight.

And yes it gets down into the 20s, it's not every day but sporadically spaced throughout the winter season. You can get "arctic blasts" in March and even April.

probably due to el nino/la nina.

The biggest problem I see with Austin's climate here is: there are very few days with pleasant weather. It's either roasting hot summer with highs in the 100s, or really chilly weather in the 30s. Give me some more days in the 60s-70s and I can tolerate the rest.

[Need4Camaro]

Originally Posted by asubram3

The biggest problem I see with Austin's climate here is: there are very few days with pleasant weather. It's either roasting hot summer with highs in the 100s, or really chilly weather in the 30s. Give me some more days in the 60s-70s and I can tolerate the rest.

Admittedly this surprised me. Not how hot it could get, I was expecting and prepared for that. But how cold it could get entirely took me off guard. I guess I expected our winters to be somewhat more temperate like within the 60's and 70's throughout most of it given how far south this place is. If you look at a map, this place would actually be well within Mexico if the border didnt dip so far south after El-Paso. We're further south than all of California and even Arizona and our elevation is fairly low too (less than 1,000 feet) but it can still get pretty chilly here.

[cBach]

Originally Posted by asubram3

The biggest problem I see with Austin's climate here is: there are very few days with pleasant weather. It's either roasting hot summer with highs in the 100s, or really chilly weather in the 30s. Give me some more days in the 60s-70s and I can tolerate the rest.

The best time of year in Austin is April, lots of 70's and 80's days then and rarely arctic blasts. March can be iffy but usually has nice weather, last year was an exception, the first week was below freezing.

October is usually a tale of two cities. The hot city in the first half and the cold city in the second half. November can either be mild or nasty.

December through February is what I call "bipolar" weather, although "schizophrenic" weather may be more appropriate. It can be 70 one day, 10 the next, 60 the next, 30 the next. It can be sunny and warm one day, cold and rainy the next, and is almost always windy.

February is usually freezing cold with some 60, 70, and 80 degree days scattered in.

You really shouldn't move here for the weather. The only time it's predictable is summer, hot and sunny.

[cBach]

Originally Posted by ClaraC

No, rainy days are not typical winter weather for Austin.

Today felt "miserable". Cloudy, raining off and on, and 50.

Austin gets, on average, 228 sunny days per year. It's sunny here more than 3/4 of the days of the year.

I do agree that 50's is somewhat average for late fall.

Since July and August are usually 100% sunny and the days are long, and then April through September is generally very sunny, you can still get a 62% average by having many days in the fall and winter with lots of cloudiness and that's what happens.

It's sunny here because it's sunny in the summer. We had non stop sun from July to end of September. That runs up the sun hours.

[Ivory Lee Spurlock]

When the temperature goes below freezing in Austin, it rarely stays below freezing longer than 16 hours. 24 continuous hours of below feeezing temperatures in Austin, is pretty much considered a "weather event" and the media advises its viewers/readers/listeners to take precautions with water pipes, plants and pets.