{"id":460147,"date":"2026-10-08T13:54:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T13:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/460147\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T13:54:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T13:54:21","slug":"el-paso-records-5th-wettest-september-in-city-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/460147\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso records 5th wettest September in city history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">EL PASO, Texas (<a data-ylk=\"slk:KTSM;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"http:\/\/ktsm.com\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">KTSM<\/a>) \u2014 September 2026 was one for the record books in El Paso, with the city recording its fifth-wettest September in history, according to the National Weather Service (NWS) in El Paso.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A total of 4.44 inches of rain fell during September, nearly three times the city&#8217;s average rainfall for the month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Typically, El Paso receives approximately 1.52 inches of rain in September. This year&#8217;s total exceeded that average by 2.92 inches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For comparison, El Paso recorded 2.97 inches of rain during September 2025, meaning this year&#8217;s total was nearly an inch and a half higher.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">September is historically the third-wettest month of the year in El Paso, with August typically ranking as the wettest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Despite the significant rainfall, September 2026 did not break the city&#8217;s all-time record for the month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">That record remains 6.68 inches, set in September 1974.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">We definitely saw a very active monsoon season, which started June 15 and concluded September 30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">To get your full forecast, head on over to KTSM.com<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) \u2014 September 2026 was one for the record books in El Paso, with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-460147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460147","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=460147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}