{"id":179738,"date":"2026-02-25T14:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/179738\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:40:11","slug":"record-heat-possible-in-el-paso-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/179738\/","title":{"rendered":"Record Heat Possible in El Paso This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spring doesn\u2019t officially start until March 20th but Mother Nature will sprinkle some spring-like weather in El Paso way before the start of Spring!<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve turned on the TV recently then you\u2019ve seen the news about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/live-blog\/northeast-winter-blizzard-live-updates-rcna260210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">recording a breaking blizzard hitting the Northeast.<\/a> In New York City, parts of the city were buried under as much as 19 inches of snow and officials warn the storm could rank among the city\u2019s 10 worst in the past 150 years.<\/p>\n<p>While much of the Northeast is digging out from that historic winter blast, El Pasoans will soon be reaching for sunglasses instead of snow shovels.<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy: CANVA<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy: CANVA<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/kisselpaso.com\/el-paso-winter-storm-2026\/?utm_source=tsmclip&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PHOTOS: El Paso\u2019s Winter Storm 2026 Recap<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mother Nature Has Her Seasons Mixed Up in Texas<\/p>\n<p>Here in El Paso\u00a0it\u2019s a completely different story compared to what\u2019s happening in the Northeast.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We had a taste of those spring-like winds last week and then our temperatures dipped down to cooler temperatures, but Spring-like warmth is getting ready to settle into the Borderland with record-breaking temperatures possible this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The warming trend begins on Wednesday with sunny skies expected and afternoon highs reaching the lower 80s. Yup. 80-degree temperatures and we\u2019re still technically in winter. Some patchy blowing dust and gusts up to 24 mph will also make an appearance on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/kisselpaso.com\/el-paso-winter-driving-tips\/?utm_source=tsmclip&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Before You Hit the Roads: Winter Driving Tips for El Paso<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>El Paso Gets An Early Spring<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The warm trend continues the rest of the week with afternoon highs remaining in the lower 80s Thursday and Friday, but the weekend is when things really start to heat up. (Heat up, at least for this time of the year.)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>El Paso can expect afternoon highs on Saturday and Sunday to reach close to 86 degrees! On top of that, mostly sunny skies. Overnight lows will hover in the mid-50s, making for mild, comfortable evenings which I\u2019m honestly not complaining about!<\/p>\n<p>While the Northeast braces for more record breaking snow, El Paso will be enjoying patio weather. Did anyone in Texas really get to use their full winter gear this year?! And also, how does\u00a0Punxsutawney Phil still have a job?! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/02\/02\/weather\/groundhog-day-shadow-winter-spring-climate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Didn\u2019t he see his shadow and predict six more weeks of winter weather?!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>PHOTOS: First Snow Day in El Paso, TX 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Iris Lopez\/KISS El Paso Facebook<\/p>\n<p>PHOTOS: El Paso, TX First Snow Day of 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Christian Churches<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spring doesn\u2019t officially start until March 20th but Mother Nature will sprinkle some spring-like weather in El Paso&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139,141,142,143,833],"class_list":["post-179738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-featured-carousel","tag-include-in-newsletter","tag-local-el-paso","tag-local-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179738","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=179738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}