Texas · THREADEX · 1879–2026
El Paso, TX
31.812°N, 106.377°W · station ELPthr · 148 years of record
68°F
COLDEST JUL 16 SINCE 2013
forecast low · Jul 16
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for El Paso.
This Day in History · Jul 16
Today ranks
#29 / 147
coldest Jul 16 in 147 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 16 ever
61°F
set in 1985
Mildest Jul 16 ever
81°F
set in 1900
Coldest Jul 16 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 16 at El Paso. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
| Forecast low · Jul 16 | 68°F |
| Coldest this date since | 2013 |
| This-date record | 61°F |
| This-date rank | #29 of 147 |
| Coldest at any time since | 2026 |
| All-time record | -8°F (1962) |
| Odds to tie/break | 0.0% (daily) |
| Period of record | 1879–2026 |
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.
| Month | Record High | Record Low |
|---|
| Jan | 80°F1970 | -8°F1962 |
| Feb | 86°F1904 | 1°F2011 |
| Mar | 96°F2026 | 14°F1971 |
| Apr | 98°F1965 | 23°F1983 |
| May | 105°F2005 | 31°F1967 |
| Jun | 114°F1994 | 46°F1919 |
| Jul | 112°F1979 | 56°F1880 |
| Aug | 112°F2023 | 52°F1880 |
| Sep | 106°F2023 | 41°F1945 |
| Oct | 96°F1973 | 25°F1970 |
| Nov | 87°F1983 | 1°F1976 |
| Dec | 80°F1973 | -5°F1880 |
| All-time | 114°F1994 | -8°F1962 |
Records set or tied at El Paso so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026
11 broke
plus 3 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
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
Normal low & low by month, from El Paso's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 72°F · forecast is -4° vs normal.
Sun & Daylight Today
| Sunrise | 5:09 AM |
| Sunset | 7:13 PM |
| Solar noon | 12:11 PM |
| Daylight | 14h 04m · losing 5 min/wk |
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location
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.
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.
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.
How many days a year hit a given low at El Paso — counted through Jul 16 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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