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El Paso, TX

31.812°N, 106.377°W · station ELPthr · 148 years of record
73°F
forecast low · Sep 2

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for El Paso.
73°WED9/274°THU9/373°FRI9/473°SAT9/574°SUN9/673°MON9/773°TUE9/8

This Day in History

Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at El Paso — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.

Ranks

#141 / 147
coldest Sep 2 in 147 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 2 ever

50°F
set in 1880

Mildest Sep 2 ever

75°F
set in 1934
Forecast low 73°F — 141st coldest Sep 2 of 147 years · record 50°F (1880) · coldest since 2025.
1879: 59°F1880: 50°F1881: 63°F1882: 52°F1883: 65°F1884: 65°F1885: 64°F1886: 65°F1887: 67°F1888: 61°F1889: 71°F1890: 68°F1891: 60°F1892: 66°F1893: 64°F1894: 65°F1895: 60°F1896: 71°F1897: 67°F1898: 68°F1899: 68°F1900: 64°F1901: 68°F1902: 64°F1903: 62°F1904: 63°F1905: 69°F1906: 58°F1907: 65°F1908: 66°F1909: 70°F1910: 70°F1911: 67°F1912: 65°F1913: 63°F1914: 64°F1915: 63°F1916: 61°F1917: 66°F1918: 72°F1919: 66°F1920: 63°F1921: 64°F1922: 72°F1923: 68°F1924: 66°F1925: 67°F1926: 67°F1927: 67°F1928: 68°F1929: 66°F1930: 73°F1931: 68°F1932: 63°F1933: 64°F1934: 75°F1935: 70°F1936: 68°F1937: 71°F1938: 63°F1939: 70°F1940: 68°F1941: 68°F1942: 68°F1943: 69°F1944: 62°F1945: 69°F1946: 68°F1947: 68°F1948: 68°F1949: 61°F1950: 63°F1951: 66°F1952: 70°F1953: 67°F1954: 70°F1955: 60°F1956: 67°F1957: 65°F1958: 68°F1959: 67°F1960: 66°F1961: 71°F1962: 63°F1963: 69°F1964: 73°F1965: 67°F1966: 63°F1967: 64°F1968: 59°F1969: 68°F1970: 65°F1971: 71°F1972: 66°F1973: 60°F1974: 63°F1975: 64°F1976: 59°F1977: 68°F1978: 62°F1979: 70°F1980: 67°F1981: 62°F1982: 67°F1983: 71°F1984: 63°F1985: 73°F1986: 64°F1987: 55°F1988: 65°F1989: 65°F1990: 63°F1991: 62°F1992: 65°F1993: 65°F1994: 70°F1995: 65°F1996: 66°F1997: 69°F1998: 68°F1999: 70°F2000: 62°F2001: 67°F2002: 68°F2003: 67°F2004: 62°F2005: 67°F2006: 64°F2007: 66°F2008: 63°F2009: 68°F2010: 71°F2011: 74°F2012: 69°F2013: 74°F2014: 69°F2015: 72°F2016: 66°F2017: 69°F2018: 70°F2019: 70°F2020: 74°F2021: 72°F2022: 69°F2023: 71°F2024: 70°F2025: 69°F73° forecast505560657075188018901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 273°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record50°F
This-date rank#141 of 147
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-8°F (1962)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1879–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at El Paso in each calendar month, and for the whole 1879–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan80°FJan 24, 1970-8°FJan 11, 1962
Feb86°FFeb 24, 19041°FFeb 3, 2011
Mar96°FMar 22, 202614°FMar 3, 1971
Apr98°FApr 22, 196523°FApr 8, 1983
May105°FMay 22, 200531°FMay 2, 1967
Jun114°FJun 30, 199446°FJun 3, 1919
Jul112°FJul 10, 197956°FJul 23, 1880
Aug112°FAug 6, 202352°FAug 10, 1880
Sep106°FSep 8, 202341°FSep 30, 1945
Oct96°FOct 2, 197325°FOct 29, 1970
Nov87°FNov 2, 19831°FNov 29, 1976
Dec80°FDec 2, 1973-5°FDec 31, 1880
All-time114°FJun 30, 1994-8°FJan 11, 1962

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at El Paso so far this year — through Aug 30.

Record Highs in 2026

13 broke
plus 5 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (96°F)

Record Lows in 2026

0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

85°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jul 1, 1994

Coldest high ever

15°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Feb 2, 2011
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan59°FJan 28, 187917°FJan 10, 1962
Feb62°FFeb 22, 194015°FFeb 2, 2011
Mar66°FMar 26, 195336°FMar 12, 1909
Apr71°FApr 23, 199337°FApr 6, 1983
May79°FMay 30, 195151°FMay 1, 1916
Jun85°FJun 30, 202357°FJun 12, 1903
Jul85°FJul 1, 199468°FJul 20, 1902
Aug84°FAug 19, 201966°FAug 29, 1988
Sep83°FSep 5, 198352°FSep 25, 1889
Oct75°FOct 5, 201736°FOct 27, 2020
Nov65°FNov 8, 202027°FNov 28, 1976
Dec57°FDec 21, 198121°FDec 22, 1887
All-time85°FJul 1, 199415°FFeb 2, 2011

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

27 days
record run, ended Jan 22 1944

So far in 2026

16 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from El Paso's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 68°F · forecast is +4° vs normal.
Jan: 59°FJan: 34°FFeb: 64°FFeb: 38°FMar: 72°FMar: 45°FApr: 80°FApr: 52°FMay: 89°FMay: 61°FJun: 97°FJun: 70°FJul: 96°FJul: 72°FAug: 94°FAug: 71°FSep: 88°FSep: 65°FOct: 80°FOct: 53°FNov: 67°FNov: 41°FDec: 58°FDec: 34°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:41 AM
Sunset6:30 PM
Solar noon12:05 PM
Daylight12h 49m · losing 13 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

31.81°N, 106.38°W

Nearby Stations

Roswell, NM150 mi NEAlbuquerque, NM223 mi NMidland-Odessa, TX244 mi ETucson, AZ269 mi WLubbock, TX293 mi EWinslow, AZ334 mi NW

The Last 6 Weeks

El Paso's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
El Paso, TX — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against El Paso's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
El Paso, TX — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1879

Each cell is one day's low at El Paso, coloured by temperature — 148 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
El Paso, TX daily low heat map 1879–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at El Paso — counted through Sep 2 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
16 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 129th most in 148 years. Normal for this point: 28. Record: 57 in 1987.

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