{"id":137948,"date":"2026-01-25T23:17:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T23:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/137948\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T23:17:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T23:17:14","slug":"texas-winter-storm-2026-drops-snow-in-el-paso-schools-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/137948\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas winter storm 2026 drops snow in El Paso, schools delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most El Paso-area school districts will have delayed openings on Monday, Jan. 26, due to anticipated freezing temperatures and potential icy road conditions.<\/p>\n

The El Paso, Ysleta, Socorro, Canutillo and Anthony school districts, El Paso Catholic Schools and Las Cruces Public Schools announced that they will have a two-hour delayed start on Monday from normal starting times. The morning Pre-K classes for 3-year-olds will be canceled for the day at the El Paso, Ysleta and Socorro districts.<\/p>\n

School bus transportation will run two hours later than normal pick-up times. Socorro and Canutillo ISDs added that breakfast service will be provided on a two-hour delay.<\/p>\n

All Canutillo Independent School District campuses will open their doors at 6 a.m. in case any student needs to be dropped off early and needs a warm place to wait for the start of the day, Canutillo ISD noted.<\/p>\n

Snow falls in El Paso, West Texas, New Mexico<\/p>\n

El Paso woke up to a cold rain, wet roads, low clouds over the Franklin Mountains and snow<\/a> falling in parts of the Borderland as a winter storm impacted Texas.<\/p>\n

More: Texas snow storm 2026: Most counties under weather advisory, warning<\/a><\/p>\n

Snow was falling on Sunday morning in parts of El Paso, though the snow showers are forecast to leave the region by early afternoon, the National Weather Service stated.<\/p>\n

Drivers should use caution due to slippery roads and the continued chance of mixed precipitation, as a winter weather advisory for the El Paso area continues until 11 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 25, the National Weather Service Office advised.<\/p>\n

Texas Department of Transportation highway cameras showed snow covering the ground in the Fort Hancock area on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

\"Snows<\/p>\n

Snows covers the desert along Interstate 10 east of El Paso in Hudspeth County on Sunday morning Jan. 25, 2026, as a winter storm swept through most of Texas.<\/p>\n

Additional snow could accumulate in neighboring Hudspeth County and the Hueco Mountains area, just east of El Paso, a NWS advisory stated.<\/p>\n

History: A look back: El Paso winter storm 2011 wreaked havoc on city<\/a><\/p>\n

Interstate 10 remains open, but travel is discouraged because of snow and icy conditions in other parts of Texas.<\/p>\n

About 11:30 a.m. Sunday, the Hudspeth County Sheriff’s Office reported slow, bumper-to-bumper eastbound traffic on Interstate 10 west of Sierra Blanca, Texas. “Not the best traveling conditions so please stay off the roads,” the Hudspeth County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook.<\/p>\n

Sign up for weather alerts<\/p>\n

Get texts about current storms, hurricanes and more weather events by location and around the country with\u00a0Weather Watch from USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n

You can sign up using your current home zip code (one per person), and you will be able to opt in to major storm news as they develop.<\/p>\n

El Paso weather map\"\"El Paso weather forecast<\/p>\n

Snow showers and cloudy skies in the El Paso area are expected to gradually clear up by Sunday afternoon, according to a forecast by the National Weather Service Office. Sunday night is expected to be clear with a low temperature of about 24 degrees.<\/p>\n

Monday is expected to be sunny with a high of about 44, according to the NWS forecast.<\/p>\n

El Paso snow cancellations, closures<\/p>\n

Transmountain Road has been closed in both directions due to the weather, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office reported.<\/p>\n

Horse races that had been scheduled to take place on Sunday have been canceled at\u00a0Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino.<\/p>\n

\"Snow<\/p>\n

Snow begins to cover the ground at Eastwood Park, also known as Album Park, in East El Paso on Sunday morning, Jan. 25, 2026.<\/p>\n

Road between El Paso, Carlsbad, New Mexico closed<\/p>\n

Snow on Sunday morning had covered parts of U.S. Highway 62\/180, which connects El Paso with Carlsbad, New Mexico, according to Texas Department of Transportation roadway cameras.<\/p>\n

The highway was closed on Saturday afternoon and remained closed as of early Sunday morning in the area just east of Hueco Tanks.<\/p>\n

\"Snow<\/p>\n

Snow covers a closed U.S. Highway 62\/180 in Hudspeth County, Texas, between El Paso and the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, on Sunday morning, Jan. 25, 2026, as a winter storm hit Texas.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on El Paso Times: Texas winter weather 2026 drops snow in El Paso, schools delayed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Most El Paso-area school districts will have delayed openings on Monday, Jan. 26, due to anticipated freezing temperatures…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[17135,138,58450,140,139,931,58451,1971,4275,55270,7940,375,12398,37426],"class_list":{"0":"post-137948","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-el-paso","8":"tag-canutillo-isd","9":"tag-el-paso","10":"tag-el-paso-catholic-schools","11":"tag-el-paso-headlines","12":"tag-el-paso-news","13":"tag-hudspeth-county","14":"tag-las-cruces-public-schools","15":"tag-national-weather-service","16":"tag-school-districts","17":"tag-socorro","18":"tag-sunday-morning","19":"tag-west-texas","20":"tag-winter-storm","21":"tag-winter-weather-advisory"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}