Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for El Paso (USW00023080), Texas, United States, with 50 years of record.
Key Facts for El Paso
El Paso (USW00023080) is a weather station in Texas, United States at 31.78 latitude and -106.50 longitude, 1,150 m (3,773 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1893 to 1942, 50 years of record.
1,464 records set at El Paso still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
El Paso set a daily record high maximum temperature of 26.1 C (79.0 F) on 19 November 1942.
About the Station
Location: Texas, United States, 31.78 latitude, -106.50 longitude.
Elevation: 1,150 m (3,773 ft).
Period of record: 1893 to 1942, 50 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd.
Daily Record Envelope and 2026
0 days at or beyond a record
Record highRecord low2026 daily maximum2026 daily minimum
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at El Paso. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.
Daily record high and record low at El Paso, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
25.0 C (77.0 F)
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
30.0 C (86.0 F)
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
33.9 C (93.0 F)
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
35.0 C (95.0 F)
-3.3 C (26.1 F)
n/a
n/a
May
38.9 C (102.0 F)
2.2 C (36.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
41.1 C (106.0 F)
7.8 C (46.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
40.6 C (105.1 F)
13.9 C (57.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
39.4 C (102.9 F)
12.2 C (54.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
37.8 C (100.0 F)
6.1 C (43.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
34.4 C (93.9 F)
-3.3 C (26.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
29.4 C (84.9 F)
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
25.0 C (77.0 F)
-12.2 C (10.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at El Paso still stand. 1911 holds the most, with 50.
Standing records at El Paso by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1893
25
1894
40
1895
42
1896
46
1897
25
1898
43
1899
33
1900
24
1901
30
1902
27
1903
33
1904
35
1905
19
1906
31
1907
35
1908
31
1909
34
1910
41
1911
50
1912
24
1913
32
1914
21
1915
25
1916
47
1917
29
1918
33
1919
29
1920
28
1921
21
1922
20
1923
31
1924
19
1925
42
1926
18
1927
24
1928
34
1929
31
1930
26
1931
19
1932
23
1933
36
1934
41
1935
22
1936
21
1937
29
1938
30
1939
14
1940
22
1941
7
1942
22
All-Time Record Progression
1 new records
1 all-time records were set at El Paso between 28 June 1924 and 28 June 1924. Each dot is a new record.
When El Paso set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1924-06-28
Record high maximum temperature
Record high maximum temperature 41.1 C (106.0 F)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Aug: 62.2 mm (2.4 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at El Paso. The most was 62.2 mm (2.4 in) on 22 August 1906.
Record daily precipitation for each month at El Paso
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
32.5 mm (1.3 in)
31 January 1896
Feb
21.6 mm (0.9 in)
11 February 1906
Mar
24.4 mm (1.0 in)
17 March 1941
Apr
22.4 mm (0.9 in)
7 April 1912
May
51.8 mm (2.0 in)
21 May 1895
Jun
46.2 mm (1.8 in)
30 June 1897
Jul
43.2 mm (1.7 in)
18 July 1899
Aug
62.2 mm (2.4 in)
22 August 1906
Sep
54.1 mm (2.1 in)
21 September 1941
Oct
29.0 mm (1.1 in)
11 October 1937
Nov
23.6 mm (0.9 in)
18 November 1906
Dec
37.6 mm (1.5 in)
24 December 1914
Period of Record Coverage
1893 to 1942
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
50 years of record at El Paso, 1893 to 1942. Every year has data for at least 90 percent of its days.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 48 complete years at El Paso, 1893 to 1941. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 17.7 C (63.8 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1912, at 16.3 C (61.3 F), and the warmest was 1934, at 19.5 C (67.1 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.9 C (3.4 F).
Annual mean temperature at El Paso as warming stripes, 1893 to 1941
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1893
17.7 C
+0.06 C
1894
17.5 C
-0.20 C
1895
16.9 C
-0.79 C
1896
18.0 C
+0.29 C
1897
17.3 C
-0.38 C
1898
16.9 C
-0.81 C
1899
17.4 C
-0.24 C
1900
17.9 C
+0.25 C
1901
17.9 C
+0.23 C
1902
18.0 C
+0.29 C
1903
17.0 C
-0.65 C
1904
17.5 C
-0.15 C
1905
17.0 C
-0.68 C
1907
18.0 C
+0.37 C
1908
17.2 C
-0.49 C
1909
17.4 C
-0.28 C
1910
18.4 C
+0.73 C
1911
17.4 C
-0.22 C
1912
16.3 C
-1.36 C
1913
16.3 C
-1.32 C
1914
17.2 C
-0.42 C
1915
16.8 C
-0.89 C
1916
18.2 C
+0.51 C
1917
17.6 C
-0.11 C
1918
16.9 C
-0.78 C
1919
17.1 C
-0.55 C
1920
17.2 C
-0.50 C
1921
18.2 C
+0.53 C
1922
17.8 C
+0.10 C
1923
17.3 C
-0.40 C
1924
17.7 C
+0.01 C
1925
17.9 C
+0.23 C
1926
17.6 C
-0.07 C
1927
18.7 C
+1.02 C
1928
17.9 C
+0.25 C
1929
17.4 C
-0.28 C
1930
17.9 C
+0.25 C
1931
18.1 C
+0.45 C
1932
17.6 C
-0.06 C
1933
18.3 C
+0.68 C
1934
19.5 C
+1.83 C
1935
18.2 C
+0.53 C
1936
18.1 C
+0.44 C
1937
18.4 C
+0.70 C
1938
18.3 C
+0.61 C
1939
18.2 C
+0.57 C
1940
18.1 C
+0.47 C
1941
17.8 C
+0.11 C
The annual mean temperature here has risen by 0.2 C (0.1 to 0.3) per decade over 1893 to 1941. In Fahrenheit: 0.4 F (0.2 to 0.6) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 48 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at El Paso
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
0.2 C (0.1 to 0.3) per decade
0.4 F (0.2 to 0.6) per decade
1893 to 1941
48
Rise
Mean daily maximum
0.01 C (-0.14 to 0.16) per decade
0.02 F (-0.25 to 0.29) per decade
1893 to 1941
48
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily minimum
0.4 C (0.3 to 0.5) per decade
0.7 F (0.5 to 0.9) per decade
1893 to 1941
48
Rise
A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.
Extremes by Year
1893 to 1942
Yearly extremes at El Paso: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1924
39.4 C (102.9 F)
50
Coldest night (TNn)
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1913
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
50
Wettest day (Rx1day)
62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1906
28.0 mm (1.1 in)
50
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
87.6 mm (3.4 in)
1917
42.8 mm (1.7 in)
50
Longest dry spell (CDD)
178 days
1904
66 days
50
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at El Paso, 1893 to 1942. The record is 41.1 C (106.0 F) in 1924, marked on the chart; the median year is 39.4 C (102.9 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at El Paso by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1893
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1894
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1895
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1896
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1897
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1898
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1899
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1900
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1901
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1902
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1903
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1904
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1905
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1906
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1907
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1908
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1909
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1910
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1911
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1912
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1913
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1914
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1915
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1916
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1917
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1918
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1919
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1920
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1921
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1922
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1923
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1924
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1925
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1926
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1927
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1928
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1929
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1930
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1931
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1932
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1933
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1934
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1935
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1936
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1937
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1938
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1939
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1940
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1941
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1942
40.0 C (104.0 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at El Paso, 1893 to 1942. The record is -16.7 C (1.9 F) in 1913, marked on the chart; the median year is -8.3 C (17.1 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at El Paso by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1893
-7.8 C (18.0 F)
1894
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1895
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1896
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1897
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1898
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
1899
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1900
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1901
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1902
-4.4 C (24.1 F)
1903
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1904
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
1905
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1906
-7.8 C (18.0 F)
1907
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1908
-6.1 C (21.0 F)
1909
-12.2 C (10.0 F)
1910
-11.1 C (12.0 F)
1911
-12.8 C (9.0 F)
1912
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1913
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1914
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
1915
-10.6 C (12.9 F)
1916
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1917
-6.1 C (21.0 F)
1918
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1919
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
1920
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1921
-6.1 C (21.0 F)
1922
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
1923
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
1924
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1925
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1926
-10.6 C (12.9 F)
1927
-4.4 C (24.1 F)
1928
-7.8 C (18.0 F)
1929
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
1930
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1931
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1932
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
1933
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1934
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1935
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1936
-4.4 C (24.1 F)
1937
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
1938
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
1939
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1940
-10.6 C (12.9 F)
1941
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1942
-6.1 C (21.0 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at El Paso, 1893 to 1942. The record is 62.2 mm (2.4 in) in 1906, marked on the chart; the median year is 28.0 mm (1.1 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at El Paso by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1893
43.9 mm (1.7 in)
1894
27.7 mm (1.1 in)
1895
51.8 mm (2.0 in)
1896
32.5 mm (1.3 in)
1897
46.2 mm (1.8 in)
1898
12.7 mm (0.5 in)
1899
43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1900
38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1901
19.1 mm (0.8 in)
1902
22.4 mm (0.9 in)
1903
36.1 mm (1.4 in)
1904
27.7 mm (1.1 in)
1905
32.5 mm (1.3 in)
1906
62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1907
26.9 mm (1.1 in)
1908
28.7 mm (1.1 in)
1909
24.1 mm (0.9 in)
1910
23.4 mm (0.9 in)
1911
33.8 mm (1.3 in)
1912
25.9 mm (1.0 in)
1913
17.3 mm (0.7 in)
1914
37.6 mm (1.5 in)
1915
15.0 mm (0.6 in)
1916
22.6 mm (0.9 in)
1917
36.8 mm (1.4 in)
1918
16.0 mm (0.6 in)
1919
26.9 mm (1.1 in)
1920
17.5 mm (0.7 in)
1921
21.1 mm (0.8 in)
1922
22.4 mm (0.9 in)
1923
32.5 mm (1.3 in)
1924
31.5 mm (1.2 in)
1925
18.0 mm (0.7 in)
1926
42.2 mm (1.7 in)
1927
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1928
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1929
37.3 mm (1.5 in)
1930
28.2 mm (1.1 in)
1931
23.6 mm (0.9 in)
1932
37.1 mm (1.5 in)
1933
23.9 mm (0.9 in)
1934
8.1 mm (0.32 in)
1935
22.6 mm (0.9 in)
1936
35.1 mm (1.4 in)
1937
29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1938
32.8 mm (1.3 in)
1939
16.0 mm (0.6 in)
1940
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1941
54.1 mm (2.1 in)
1942
22.9 mm (0.9 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at El Paso, 1893 to 1942. The record is 87.6 mm (3.4 in) in 1917, marked on the chart; the median year is 42.8 mm (1.7 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at El Paso by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1893
66.5 mm (2.6 in)
1894
27.7 mm (1.1 in)
1895
52.6 mm (2.1 in)
1896
38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1897
84.8 mm (3.3 in)
1898
18.8 mm (0.7 in)
1899
50.3 mm (2.0 in)
1900
39.6 mm (1.6 in)
1901
43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1902
57.2 mm (2.3 in)
1903
84.6 mm (3.3 in)
1904
51.1 mm (2.0 in)
1905
51.6 mm (2.0 in)
1906
68.0 mm (2.7 in)
1907
44.9 mm (1.8 in)
1908
41.2 mm (1.6 in)
1909
30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1910
34.3 mm (1.4 in)
1911
53.1 mm (2.1 in)
1912
32.8 mm (1.3 in)
1913
22.3 mm (0.9 in)
1914
57.7 mm (2.3 in)
1915
39.2 mm (1.5 in)
1916
42.4 mm (1.7 in)
1917
87.6 mm (3.4 in)
1918
24.1 mm (0.9 in)
1919
54.7 mm (2.2 in)
1920
19.6 mm (0.8 in)
1921
34.8 mm (1.4 in)
1922
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1923
64.2 mm (2.5 in)
1924
43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1925
39.4 mm (1.6 in)
1926
53.1 mm (2.1 in)
1927
38.6 mm (1.5 in)
1928
28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1929
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1930
32.6 mm (1.3 in)
1931
51.8 mm (2.0 in)
1932
64.5 mm (2.5 in)
1933
34.1 mm (1.3 in)
1934
11.2 mm (0.4 in)
1935
23.4 mm (0.9 in)
1936
58.2 mm (2.3 in)
1937
43.5 mm (1.7 in)
1938
56.0 mm (2.2 in)
1939
22.9 mm (0.9 in)
1940
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1941
59.7 mm (2.4 in)
1942
43.3 mm (1.7 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at El Paso, 1893 to 1942. The record is 178 days in 1904, marked on the chart; the median year is 66 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at El Paso by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1893
82 days
1894
109 days
1895
63 days
1896
138 days
1897
57 days
1898
75 days
1899
82 days
1900
66 days
1901
48 days
1902
177 days
1903
93 days
1904
178 days
1905
43 days
1906
53 days
1907
92 days
1908
74 days
1909
95 days
1910
137 days
1911
36 days
1912
54 days
1913
51 days
1914
49 days
1915
66 days
1916
65 days
1917
103 days
1918
54 days
1919
47 days
1920
70 days
1921
58 days
1922
56 days
1923
61 days
1924
87 days
1925
124 days
1926
32 days
1927
83 days
1928
48 days
1929
49 days
1930
90 days
1931
30 days
1932
79 days
1933
67 days
1934
58 days
1935
67 days
1936
62 days
1937
60 days
1938
105 days
1939
65 days
1940
95 days
1941
32 days
1942
61 days
Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.
Frost Dates and Growing Season
48 years with a frost
Across 48 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at El Paso falls on 15 March and the median first autumn frost on 14 November, which leaves a median of 249 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by +3.2 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at El Paso
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1912 to 1941)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
15 March
n/a
15 March
n/a
+0.1 days per decade
First autumn frost
14 November
n/a
19 November
n/a
+3.2 days per decade
Growing days
249 days
n/a
251 days
n/a
+3.2 days per decade
A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.
Rainfall Return Levels
50 years, 1893 to 1942
A day with at least 28.1 mm (1.1 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 61.2 mm (2.4 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at El Paso: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
28.1 mm (1.1 in)
5 years
38.0 mm (1.5 in)
10 years
44.1 mm (1.7 in)
25 years
51.3 mm (2.0 in)
50 years
56.4 mm (2.2 in)
100 years
61.2 mm (2.4 in)
Longer than the 50 years of record
The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 50 years of values from 1893 to 1942.
A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.
The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 62.2 mm (2.4 in) in 1906; 54.1 mm (2.1 in) in 1941; 51.8 mm (2.0 in) in 1895.
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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.