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Prolonged, Intense Heat Wave; Excessive Rainfall in the Southern Rockies and Central Plains into the Upper Midwest

Extremely dangerous heat persists through Thursday with widespread daily temperature records. Monsoonal moisture continues to bring heavy rain and flash flooding to New Mexico and west Texas through Thursday, especially in the burn scar areas. Thunderstorms and heavy to excessive rain will continue to bring a flash flood threat from the Central Plains into the Upper Midwest. Read More >

El Paso September Precipitation Ranking

Rank Year Amount
1 1974 6.68
2 1958 6.29
3 1982 5.28
4 2006 4.99
5 2014 4.23
6 1941 4.19
7 1978 4.14
8 2013 3.85
9 1884 3.68
10 1962 3.54
11 1936 3.52
- 1903 3.52
13 1904 3.5
14 1990 3.46
15 1919 3.3
16 1995 3.18
17 1932 2.85
18 2005 2.77
19 1897 2.73
20 1915 2.68
21 1889 2.64
22 1883 2.51
23 2009 2.5
24 1921 2.49
25 1964 2.4
26 1938 2.31
27 1905 2.29
28 1926 2.24
29 1975 2.18
- 1900 2.18
31 2016 2.12
- 1965 2.12
33 1893 2.08
34 1999 1.94
35 1980 1.9
36 1902 1.86
37 1991 1.82
38 1890 1.81
39 1966 1.79
40 1912 1.77
41 1949 1.74
42 2007 1.71
43 1976 1.7
44 2022 1.65
45 2010 1.62
46 1972 1.6
47 1997 1.55
48 2019 1.54
- 1967 1.54
50 2008 1.52
- 1988 1.52
52 1983 1.51
- 1946 1.51
54 1896 1.48
55 1985 1.47
56 1881 1.44
57 2012 1.41
58 1943 1.36
59 1993 1.32
- 1950 1.32
61 1996 1.24
- 1935 1.24
63 2018 1.21
64 1906 1.18
65 2017 1.16
- 1886 1.16
67 1931 1.1
68 1922 1.07
69 1927 1.04
70 1942 1.03
- 1925 1.03
72 1970 1.01
73 1911 1
74 1933 0.99
75 1971 0.96
- 1907 0.96
77 2023 0.95
- 1954 0.95
79 1887 0.94
80 1939 0.9
81 2004 0.89
- 1987 0.89
83 1986 0.85
84 1901 0.82
85 1880 0.8
86 1917 0.76
87 1961 0.69
88 1998 0.66
89 1963 0.64
- 1899 0.64
91 1913 0.6
- 1909 0.6
93 2020 0.59
94 1984 0.58
95 1914 0.56
96 1916 0.55
97 1968 0.53
98 1981 0.52
99 2024 0.5
- 1898 0.5
101 1888 0.49
102 2002 0.48
- 1989 0.48
- 1937 0.48
105 2021 0.47
106 2011 0.43
- 1969 0.43
- 1956 0.43
109 1979 0.41
- 1923 0.41
111 1894 0.4
- 1882 0.4
113 2015 0.33
114 1920 0.31
115 2001 0.3
116 1895 0.28
117 1944 0.25
- 1940 0.25
119 1910 0.24
120 1891 0.23
121 1885 0.22
122 1934 0.17
123 1977 0.16
- 1955 0.16
125 1992 0.15
126 1924 0.14
127 1945 0.12
- 1929 0.12
- 1892 0.12
130 1957 0.11
131 2003 0.08
132 1952 0.07
133 1951 0.04
- 1930 0.04
- 1928 0.04
- 1879 0.04
137 1994 0.03
- 1948 0.03
139 1947 0.02
140 1973 0.01
- 1960 0.01
- 1918 0.01
143 2000 T
- 1959 T
- 1953 T
- 1908 T

**Last updated 1/1/2025