30-year climate normals
El Paso County Climate and Weather Averages
Hottest month: June
97.1°average daily high. The coldest month is December, averaging a low of 34.4°F.
El Paso County gets 8.78" of precipitation a year and 2.8" of snow, and 54% of it falls in Jul, Aug, Sep.
Temperature through the year
Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Precip | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58.6° | 34.5° | 0.39" | 0.8" |
| February | 64.1° | 38.9° | 0.40" | 0.2" |
| March | 71.9° | 45.5° | 0.24" | 0.0" |
| April | 80.0° | 53.3° | 0.17" | 0.0" |
| May | 88.7° | 62.1° | 0.43" | 0.0" |
| June | 97.1° | 70.6° | 0.73" | 0.0" |
| July | 95.8° | 73.0° | 1.58" | 0.0" |
| August | 94.0° | 71.8° | 1.67" | 0.0" |
| September | 88.3° | 65.4° | 1.52" | 0.0" |
| October | 79.4° | 54.0° | 0.59" | 0.0" |
| November | 67.0° | 42.0° | 0.43" | 0.5" |
| December | 57.8° | 34.4° | 0.63" | 1.3" |
Rainfall by month
El Paso County has a distinct wet season. 54% of the year's precipitation arrives in Jul, Aug, Sep.
What this climate costs you
Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.
These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in El Paso County, where electricity is one line of eight.
Common questions
What is the weather like in El Paso County?
El Paso County averages a high of 97.1°F in June and a low of 34.4°F in December. Annual precipitation is 8.78 inches, including 2.8 inches of snow.
When is the rainy season in El Paso County?
The wettest stretch is Jul, Aug, Sep, which accounts for 54% of the year's precipitation. That is a pronounced wet season rather than rain spread evenly through the year.
How hot does it get in El Paso County?
The average daily high in June, the hottest month, is 97.1°F. That drives 2,662 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.
Does it snow in El Paso County?
Yes. El Paso County averages 2.8 inches of snow a year.
Sources
- Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station EL PASO INTL AP, TX US (USW00023044), 8.5 miles from the county centroid.
- Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
- Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
- Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, Texas residential average.
- Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.