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.

10-year temperature averages for El Paso, 2010 to 2019
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
30-year temperature averages for El Paso, 1991 to 2020
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.

Number of days in El Paso of at least 80, 90 or 100 °F
  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.

Days per month on average in El Paso when the minimum temperature drops to 32 or 20 °F or below
  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.

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