The district retrofit 75 of its older buses with air condition ahead of the start of the new school year

If you thought the summer felt hotter than ever, you weren't dreaming. 2023 will go down as the hottest since records have been kept.

CPS Energy customers are paying higher energy bills than they did last summer, an average of about $80 dollars according to the provider. It's mostly due to fuel cost increases and the relentless Texas heat wave.

2020 was the 5th warmest year on record2020 was a year for the record books for many different reasons, including being one of the warmest years ever in the contiguous U.S. The average temperature was 54.4 degrees F in 2020 -- that’s 2.4 degrees above the 1901-2000 average! Five of the warmest years on record have all occurred since 2012 -- 2020, 2017, 2016, 2015, and 2012. The warmest year for the contiguous U.S. was in 2012, when the average temperature was 55.28 degrees FLocal StatsIt was a warm year for those of us around the KSAT 12 viewing area, too.