Hottest Month Ever in Austin TX

Other than the fact that your humble author lived through it, the fact that the calendar month just concluded was the warmest ever recorded in Austin TX (and that is pretty warm) is perhaps not a matter of great concern for readers of this blog.

Certainly it only provides a small iota of evidence in support of global warming. After all, Austin is not the globe. Even Texas itself is small compared to the world, believe it or not,

However, it ought to be a matter of concern for readers of ClimateDepot who are constantly fed a stream of information about anomalous cold events some of them from previous years. Surely, an unusual heat record ought to be of equal interest in establishing a balanced view of climate, right?

Right?

Update: Same deal, hottest month on record, for both Houston and College Station:

THE AVERAGE JULY TEMPERATURE AT COLLEGE STATION AND HOUSTON HOBBY
AIRPORT ARE NOW THE WARMEST AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURES EVER
RECORDED FOR ANY MONTH AT ANY TIME. IN OTHER WORDS...THERE HAS NOT
BEEN A MONTH WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE THAT WAS WARMER THAN WHAT
JUST OCCURRED AT EITHER COLLEGE STATION OR HOUSTON HOBBY.
(PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1018 AM CDT SAT AUG 1 2009)