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Texas · precipitation record 1879–2026

El Paso, TX

2026
NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION
5.43in
year to date · normal 4.86"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.0in
no rain yet of 147 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
0.93in
68th driest of 148 yrs
89% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
3.09in
63rd driest of 148 yrs
91% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
5.43in
60th wettest of 148 yrs
112% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

6.5in
on Jul 9, 1881 · in 148 years

Dry Streak

6days
current run under 0.01" · longest ever 136 days (to Jun 22, 1910)

Wet Streak

0days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 10 days

Year to Date vs Normal

112%
5.43" of a normal 4.86" · wettest 12.74" (1881) · driest 1.09" (1934)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 147-year record (1879–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 8.7" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1188418.29in
2188118.17in
3190517.8in
4200617.51in
5195817.19in

Driest Years on Record

118912.22in
219342.73in
319104.03in
420034.21in
518944.24in

Rainfall by Month

The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
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Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in Jul (~1.34") and driest in Apr (~0.07"). Wettest calendar month ever: Jul 1881, 8.18".

This Day in History · Rainfall

Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at El Paso — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.

Wettest Aug 24 ever

1.28in
set in 1923

Rain on Aug 24

28%
of 147 years had measurable rain
1879: 0.00″1880: 0.00″1881: 0.26″1882: 0.04″1883: 0.00″1884: 0.00″1885: 0.00″1886: 0.00″1887: 0.18″1888: 0.18″1889: 0.00″1890: 1.27″1891: 0.00″1892: 0.00″1893: 0.00″1894: 0.00″1895: 0.12″1896: 0.00″1897: 0.00″1898: 0.00″1899: 0.01″1900: 0.00″1901: 0.00″1902: 0.00″1903: 0.00″1904: 0.00″1905: 0.00″1906: 0.00″1907: 0.00″1908: 0.00″1909: 0.00″1910: 0.00″1911: 0.00″1912: 0.60″1913: 0.00″1914: 0.00″1915: 0.11″1916: 0.01″1917: 0.00″1918: 0.18″1919: 0.00″1920: 0.01″1921: 0.00″1922: 0.00″1923: 1.28″1924: 0.46″1925: 0.00″1926: 0.00″1927: 0.00″1928: 0.33″1929: 0.05″1930: 0.00″1931: 0.00″1932: 0.00″1933: 0.01″1934: 0.01″1935: 0.00″1936: 0.00″1937: 0.00″1938: 0.00″1939: 0.00″1940: 0.00″1941: 0.00″1942: 0.78″1943: 0.03″1944: 0.15″1945: 0.00″1946: 0.00″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.28″1950: 0.00″1951: 0.00″1952: 0.00″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.04″1955: 0.00″1956: 0.00″1957: 0.05″1958: 0.61″1959: 0.02″1960: 0.00″1961: 0.00″1962: 0.00″1963: 0.00″1964: 0.00″1965: 0.00″1966: 0.00″1967: 0.05″1968: 0.02″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.02″1972: 0.00″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.47″1975: 0.00″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.04″1978: 0.20″1979: 0.00″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.00″1982: 0.00″1983: 0.04″1984: 0.08″1985: 0.00″1986: 0.00″1987: 0.73″1988: 0.00″1989: 0.01″1990: 0.00″1991: 0.00″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.00″1994: 0.00″1995: 0.00″1996: 0.00″1997: 0.10″1998: 0.00″1999: 0.00″2000: 0.00″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.00″2005: 0.00″2006: 0.00″2007: 0.00″2008: 0.00″2009: 0.02″2010: 0.01″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.00″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.45″2016: 0.00″2017: 0.03″2018: 0.00″2019: 0.00″2020: 0.00″2021: 0.00″2022: 0.00″2023: 0.00″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.00″0″1″2″188018901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

El Paso's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
El Paso, TX — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

El Paso's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
El Paso, TX — daily rainfall every day on record
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Drought History

Every week of the U.S. Drought Monitor for El Paso's county since 2000, coloured by intensity — dry spells and multi-year droughts read as warm bands.
El Paso, TX — county drought history since 2000
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:36 AM
Sunset6:39 PM
Solar noon12:08 PM
Daylight13h 03m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

31.81°N, 106.38°W

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