Newly released climate data shows Central Texas getting a warm climate.

The 30-year climate averages for the United States have been released by the National Centers for Environmental Information.The new data on a city-by-city basin in Central Texas is available from the National Weather Service in Fort Worth, but the data used by KWTX is not.Buckle up for a lot of numbers.

The headline for the new climate data is that we are expecting more precipitation.Our average yearly precipitation is up to 36.40′′, an increase of 1.71′′ from the previous normal.The increase in precipitation is not coming from rainier days but from more extreme rain events.

The average number of days in a year with at least a trace of precipitation is down from 81.8 days to 80.2 days with June having the largest decrease in expected precipitation.The increase in days with at least an inch of rain is offset by the loss of one day of precipitation.We would normally get about 10 days a year with at least one inch of rain.We have averaged at least one-inch of rain in a day for the past 20 years.

The current state of Central Texas is not worse than it was a few days ago because of the change in expected precipitation.The data goes back much further than 30 years, so it's not just a 30-year average.If you look back 50 years, you can see how bad the lack of rain has been.

The new data shows that you might get more chances to enjoy dry weather outdoors, but rain is more likely to come down in buckets than it was a decade ago.

The old data showed that the average high temperature in Central Texas was 98.We went from 18 days to 26 days with an average high of 98.The number of days with an average high of 57 or 58 was 34 but that is down to only 15 days since the lowest we've ever had.

The all-time high temperature record of 114 set in July of last year is included in the new climate averages.The average number of 100 days in a year has not changed.We now have many more days with an average of 98 and fewer cooler days in the winter time.

There has been an increase in the number of freezes.The average number of days with a freeze per year is up to 34.1 from 32.8 and the lowest temperature is down to 35 from 36.