El Paso, TX

Texas · Records since 1887–2026

🌙 78°F Feels like 82°
Currently in El Paso
As of 8:00 PM MDT

Records for September 26

🔥 Record High

98°F

September 26, 2020

+12° from 86° normal

❄ Record Low

42°F

September 26, 1889

-20° from 62° normal
🌞 Normal high: 86°F 🌑 Normal low: 62°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — El Paso

🔥
114°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jun 30, 1994
❄
-8°F
Coldest Day Ever
Jan 11, 1962
🌧
6.50"
Wettest Day Ever
Jul 9, 1881
☃
14.5"
Most Snow in One Day
Dec 13, 1987

First & Last Dates — El Paso

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
300 days
Longest growing season
1995
177 days
Shortest growing season
1882
252 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 26

# Temp Date
🏆 98°F September 26, 2020
2 97°F September 26, 2005
3 97°F September 26, 1982
4 97°F September 26, 1977
5 96°F September 26, 2023
6 95°F September 26, 1953
7 95°F September 26, 1933
8 94°F September 26, 2024
9 94°F September 26, 1981
10 94°F September 26, 1969

Top 5 Record Lows — September 26

# Temp Date
🥶 42°F September 26, 1889
2 45°F September 26, 1975
3 46°F September 26, 1883
4 47°F September 26, 1926
5 48°F September 26, 1984
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1887–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — El Paso

threshold: 101°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
5.1
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
105°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
102
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
6
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1887–2026
136
2026 so far
103
Avg/year 1970–2025
133
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
153
Most in a year (2024)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — El Paso

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jun 16, 2023 – Jul 22, 2023 37 111°F (Jul 19) 106°F 78°F
2 Jun 11, 1980 – Jun 30, 1980 20 109°F (Jun 17) 106°F 71°F
3 Jul 3, 2020 – Jul 18, 2020 16 110°F (Jul 13) 105°F 79°F
4 Jul 3, 2016 – Jul 18, 2016 16 108°F (Jul 14) 104°F 77°F
5 Jun 23, 1994 – Jul 5, 1994 13 114°F (Jun 30) 109°F 80°F
6 Jun 14, 1978 – Jun 26, 1978 13 111°F (Jun 24) 106°F 72°F
7 Jul 25, 1980 – Aug 6, 1980 13 108°F (Aug 2) 103°F 72°F
8 Jun 27, 2005 – Jul 8, 2005 12 107°F (Jun 30) 105°F 76°F
9 Jun 14, 1960 – Jun 24, 1960 11 109°F (Jun 21) 105°F 75°F
10 Aug 15, 2024 – Aug 25, 2024 11 105°F (Aug 16) 103°F 78°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

61
2026 total
above-normal nights
24.1
Avg / summer
1970–2020
74
Most in a summer
2023

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1879–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1879, annual totals have trended -0.04" per decade, about -0.6" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How El Paso is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

195 of 267 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

8.83"
2026 YTD
Normal: 6.92"
+1.91"
3.40"
September so far
September normal: 1.52"
+1.88"
2
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · El Paso is 1.91" ahead of the normal pace

Period Review — Aug 26 – Sep 25, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 31 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
82.8°F
Average temperature
2nd-warmest of 140
+4.8°
vs. average
Normal: 78.0°F (1991–2020)

Average Temperature by Year — Aug 26 – Sep 25

1887–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.23° per decade (warming since 1887)

Precipitation by Year — Aug 26 – Sep 25

1879–2025 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.03" per decade (wetter since 1879)

Warmest Aug 26 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2023 83.9°F
2 2026 82.8°F
3 2019 82.0°F
4 2015 81.6°F
5 2025 81.0°F
6 2011 80.8°F
7 2018 80.4°F
8 1926 80.4°F
9 2024 80.4°F
10 2017 80.3°F

Coolest Aug 26 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1974 70.6°F
2 1913 71.9°F
3 1976 72.5°F
4 1987 72.5°F
5 2008 72.8°F
6 2006 72.9°F
7 1991 72.9°F
8 1988 72.9°F
9 1904 73.3°F
10 1912 73.4°F
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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