Historical weather data, all-time temperature records, and monthly climate averages for El Paso, TX. Explore typical weather conditions by week for trip planning, and see how today compares to the historical record.
April 5th in El Paso is historically dry — across 18 years of data, there's a 0% chance of precipitation today. Temperatures typically land around 70° for a high and 46° for a low, though this date has swung from a brutal 28° in 1949 to a shirt-sleeve 85° back in 1960.
El Paso plays for keeps on both ends of the thermometer — the city has hit 107° in June and plunged to -9° in January, a 116-degree spread that tells you this desert does not mess around. The wettest single day on record dropped 2.78 inches in September 1962, and an 8.1-inch snowstorm in February 1956 remains the benchmark for winter chaos.
El Paso is a summer city, with highs climbing into the mid-90s from June through July and peaking during the week of June 18–24 at an average 97°. If you're heat-averse, aim for January, when highs sit around a mild 55–57°. The one catch: early September brings the wettest week of the year, averaging half an inch of rain as monsoon moisture pushes in from the south.