Texas · THREADEX · 1879–2026

El Paso, TX

31.812°N, 106.377°W · station ELPthr · 148 years of record
68°F
forecast low · Jul 16

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for El Paso.
72°TUE7/1471°WED7/1568°THU7/1669°FRI7/1770°SAT7/1870°SUN7/19

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.
6171811879: 69°F1880: 63°F1881: 68°F1882: 70°F1883: 66°F1884: 73°F1885: 72°F1886: 72°F1887: 65°F1888: 70°F1889: 71°F1890: 74°F1891: 68°F1892: 76°F1893: 70°F1894: 67°F1895: 69°F1896: 74°F1897: 72°F1898: 68°F1899: 67°F1900: 81°F1901: 71°F1902: 68°F1903: 69°F1904: 74°F1905: 66°F1906: 67°F1907: 71°F1908: 69°F1909: 71°F1910: 71°F1911: 71°F1912: 67°F1913: 69°F1914: 65°F1915: 70°F1916: 74°F1917: 77°F1918: 68°F1919: 67°F1920: 75°F1921: 75°F1922: 73°F1923: 73°F1924: 77°F1925: 74°F1926: 72°F1927: 71°F1928: 79°F1929: 76°F1930: 76°F1931: 77°F1932: 69°F1933: 72°F1934: 77°F1935: 66°F1936: 72°F1937: 73°F1938: 71°F1939: 75°F1940: 77°F1941: 73°F1942: 71°F1943: 66°F1944: 69°F1945: 74°F1946: 74°F1947: 68°F1948: 70°F1949: 73°F1950: 68°F1951: 71°F1952: 70°F1953: 72°F1954: 67°F1955: 73°F1956: 71°F1957: 73°F1958: 73°F1959: 71°F1960: 67°F1961: 72°F1962: 65°F1963: 78°F1964: 72°F1965: 75°F1966: 71°F1967: 70°F1968: 72°F1969: 79°F1970: 70°F1971: 71°F1972: 71°F1973: 67°F1974: 67°F1975: 66°F1976: 63°F1977: 66°F1978: 71°F1979: 76°F1980: 74°F1981: 70°F1982: 71°F1983: 69°F1984: 68°F1985: 61°F1986: 64°F1987: 69°F1988: 70°F1989: 77°F1990: 63°F1991: 65°F1992: 72°F1993: 71°F1994: 72°F1995: 68°F1996: 67°F1997: 73°F1998: 73°F1999: 67°F2000: 74°F2001: 74°F2002: 69°F2003: 72°F2004: 75°F2005: 74°F2006: 67°F2007: 71°F2008: 70°F2009: 80°F2010: 73°F2011: 79°F2012: 73°F2013: 67°F2014: 68°F2015: 79°F2016: 76°F2017: 68°F2018: 71°F2019: 75°F2020: 75°F2021: 74°F2022: 73°F2023: 80°F2024: 76°F2025: 76°F68° forecast187919852025

The Numbers

Forecast low · Jul 1668°F
Coldest this date since2013
This-date record61°F
This-date rank#29 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°F1970-8°F1962
Feb86°F19041°F2011
Mar96°F202614°F1971
Apr98°F196523°F1983
May105°F200531°F1967
Jun114°F199446°F1919
Jul112°F197956°F1880
Aug112°F202352°F1880
Sep106°F202341°F1945
Oct96°F197325°F1970
Nov87°F19831°F1976
Dec80°F1973-5°F1880
All-time114°F1994-8°F1962

2026 Records So Far

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

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: 72°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

Sunrise5:09 AM
Sunset7:13 PM
Solar noon12:11 PM
Daylight14h 04m · losing 5 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 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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