El Paso Temperatures: Averages by Month
The numbers here tell you how hot and cold the weather usually is in El Paso, Texas during each month of the year.
The average high and low temperatures are listed below monthly and annually for the city, in both degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.
Maximums and minimums are only part of the temperature picture. To fill in the rest, there's information on how many days a month get above or below a given temperature.
To find out how often it rises over 80, 90 or 100 °F each month in El Paso, scroll down farther. There are also monthly and yearly counts of days with cold weather.
The first set of high and low temperatures are averages for 2010 to 2019. Everything else here is based on 1991 to 2020 weather.
High °F | Low °F | High °C | Low °C | |
---|---|---|---|---|
58 | 33 | January | 15 | 1 |
65 | 38 | February | 18 | 4 |
74 | 47 | March | 23 | 8 |
81 | 54 | April | 27 | 12 |
88 | 61 | May | 31 | 16 |
99 | 72 | June | 37 | 22 |
96 | 73 | July | 36 | 23 |
95 | 72 | August | 35 | 22 |
89 | 67 | September | 32 | 19 |
80 | 55 | October | 27 | 13 |
68 | 43 | November | 20 | 6 |
59 | 36 | December | 15 | 2 |
80 | 54 | Year | 26 | 12 |
High °F | Low °F | High °C | Low °C | |
---|---|---|---|---|
59 | 35 | January | 15 | 1 |
64 | 39 | February | 18 | 4 |
72 | 46 | March | 22 | 8 |
80 | 53 | April | 27 | 12 |
89 | 62 | May | 32 | 17 |
97 | 71 | June | 36 | 21 |
96 | 73 | July | 35 | 23 |
94 | 72 | August | 34 | 22 |
88 | 65 | September | 31 | 19 |
79 | 54 | October | 26 | 12 |
67 | 42 | November | 19 | 6 |
58 | 34 | December | 14 | 1 |
79 | 54 | Year | 26 | 12 |
Days of Hot Weather in El Paso
Heat is no stranger to El Paso. Most summer afternoons are spent in the 90s Fahrenheit with many climbing even higher. Typically 27 days a year see the temperature peak at 100 °F or more.
80 °F 27 °C |
90 °F 32 °C |
100 °F 38 °C | |
---|---|---|---|
January | 0 | 0 | 0 |
February | 1 | 0 | 0 |
March | 7 | 0 | 0 |
April | 18 | 2 | 0 |
May | 28 | 16 | 1 |
June | 30 | 27 | 11 |
July | 31 | 28 | 9 |
August | 31 | 26 | 5 |
September | 28 | 15 | 1 |
October | 18 | 3 | 0 |
November | 2 | 0 | 0 |
December | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Year | 191 | 117 | 27 |
How Often El Paso Has Cold Temperatures
In spring and fall, El Paso can shift quickly between hot and cold weather. Freezing temperatures have shown up here as early as October and lingered into March. El Paso typically has 42 frosty nights a year, including about half of December and January.
Most of these colder nights hover just below 32 °F and are followed by daytime temperatures above freezing. About once in a decade a night drops down to 10 °F (-12 °C) or less and every few years the thermometer stays below freezing for an entire day.
20 °F -8 °C |
32 °F 0 °C |
40 °F 4 °C | |
---|---|---|---|
January | 1 | 15 | 26 |
February | 0 | 7 | 18 |
March | 0 | 2 | 10 |
April | 0 | 0 | 2 |
May | 0 | 0 | 0 |
June | 0 | 0 | 0 |
July | 0 | 0 | 0 |
August | 0 | 0 | 0 |
September | 0 | 0 | 0 |
October | 0 | 0 | 2 |
November | 0 | 5 | 14 |
December | 1 | 14 | 25 |
Year | 2 | 42 | 96 |
References
Jay Lawrimore, Ron Ray, Scott Applequist, Bryant Korzeniewski, Matthew Menne. 2016. Global Summary of the Month and Year, Version 1.0. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.