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EXTREMES  
(AND SOME NORMALS)
OF EL PASO WEATHER 
FROM 1879 THROUGH 2003


TEMPERATURES

HIGHEST

114 F

JUN 30, 1994

EARLIEST 90 F OR ABOVE 91 F MAR 18, 1907
LATEST 90 F OR ABOVE 90 F OCT 26, 1979
AVE # DAYS 100 F OR ABOVE 14.3  DAYS

AVE # DAYS 100 F OR ABOVE

EARLIEST 100 F OR ABOVE 100 F MAY 8, 1989
LATEST 100 F OR ABOVE 101 F SEP 16, 1956
GREATEST # DAYS 100F OR ABOVE 62 1994
LEAST # DAYS 100F OR ABOVE 1 1967
CONSECUTIVE DAYS 100 F OR ABOVE 23 JUN 23-JUL 15 , 1994
AVERAGE ANNUAL MAX AND MIN 77.1 F  MAX

 52.1 F MIN

LOWEST

-8 F JAN 8, 1962
EARLIEST 32 F OR BELOW 30 F OCT, 16 1880
LATEST 32 F OR BELOW 31 F MAY 2, 1967
MEAN** DATE FIRST/LAST FREEZE 32F NOV12  / MAR 19
NORMAL* DATE FIRST/LAST FREEZE 32F DEC 9  /JAN 11
LOWEST MAXIMUM 17 F JAN 10, 1962
HIGHEST MINIMUM 85 F JUL 1 AND 3, 1994
CONSECUTIVE HOURS 32 F OR BELOW 114 HOURS

8:20 PM DEC 30, 1946 through
2:20 PM Jan 4,1947 
                   

** MEAN  1879-2003  

* NORMAL  1970-2000

 


RAINFALL

MAX IN 24 HOURS 6.50 IN JUL 9, 1881
MAX MONTHLY 8.81 IN JUL 1881
MAX YEARLY 18.29 IN 1884
MAX # CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH .01 IN OR MORE 10 DAYS

SEP 15 - 24 , 1974

NORMAL WETTEST MONTH 1.75 IN

AUG

NORMAL DRIEST MONTH .23 IN APR
MAX # CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH NO RAIN. NOT EVEN A TRACE 109 DAYS

FEB 6 - MAY 2, 2002

MAX # CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH NO MEASURABLE RAIN (TRACE INCLUDED). 136 DAYS

FEB 7 - JUN 10, 1010

ANNUAL NORMAL  9.43 IN

ANNUAL NORMAL

 


 

*** SNOWFALL ***

MAX IN 24 HOURS 16.8  IN DEC 13 - 14, 1987
MAX MONTHLY 25.9  IN DEC 1987
MAX IN A 12 MONTH PERIOD 35.2 IN NOV 1982 - APR 1983
MAX  SEASONAL 35.2 IN

NOV 1987 - FEB 1988

GREATEST DEPTH ON GROUND 16  IN

DEC 14, 1987

EARLIEST .5 IN OR MORE 1 IN OCT 28, 1980
EARLIEST LESS THAN .5 IN TRACE

OCT 15, 1925

MINIMUM YEARLY AMTS 0 IN

NUMEROUS YEARS

ANNUAL NORMAL  6.6 IN

ANNUAL NORMAL

 


PRESSURE

HIGHEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE 30.82  IN 1043.7   hPa
HIGHEST STATION PRESSURE 26.73  IN 905.2     hPa
MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURE 29.93  IN 1013.5   hPa
MEAN STATION PRESSURE 26.07  IN 882.8     hPa
LOWEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE 29.22  IN 989.5     hPa
LOWEST STATION PRESSURE 25.30  IN 856.8     hPa

1 inch (in) of mercury = 33.86 hecto pascals (hPa) = 33.86  millibars (mb) of pressure.


RELATIVE HUMIDITY

NORMALS
Mountain Standard Times

5 AM

11 AM 5PM 11 PM
57 % 35 % 27 % 45 %

 


WIND

PEAK RECORDED GUST

WEST 84 MPH MARCH 10, 1977


SUNSHINE

NORMAL* ANNUAL PERCENT OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE

88.2 %

* 1970-2000 AVERAGE





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