It’s finally December and all I can think about is winter in El Paso.\u00a0I picture the one magical week every year when we finally get to wear our cute jackets, pretend we know what \u201cchill in the air\u201d means, and drink hot chocolate without sweating. But this year? The Sun City has hit us with the ultimate plot twist. It\u2019s December, we still haven\u2019t had our first freeze, and according to local forecasters, we might be on track to break some records- again.<\/p>\n
El Paso Still Hasn\u2019t Hit Freezing Temperatures<\/p>\n
If you feel like December has been suspiciously warm, you\u2019re absolutely right. El Paso typically hits its first freeze by mid-November, but this year, we are weeks behind schedule with no frost, no icy mornings, and definitely no scraping windshields before work.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: El Paso is the Texas City Getting Zero Rain this Winter<\/a><\/p>\n Speaking to the El Paso Times<\/a>\u2019 Natassia Paloma, Bladen Breitreiter, a senior forecaster with the National Weather Service, confirmed what we\u2019re all feeling: \u201cIt\u2019s not looking great for the prospect of us getting below freezing for the El Paso metro.\u201d<\/p>\n Not only are we not freezing- we\u2019re not even close! Models show temperatures hovering near normal or bumping above it well into December.<\/p>\n El Paso Could Break Its Latest First Freeze Record<\/p>\n El Paso\u2019s latest first freeze on record is December 20; a mark hit in both 1939 and 2021. Last year, we didn\u2019t dip to 32 degrees until December 10, and even that felt late. This year? We\u2019re on track to push those dates, maybe even pass them.<\/p>\n Breitreiter told the Times that while it\u2019s too early to officially call a record-breaker, all signs point to the warm trend continuing. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a minute before we get down below freezing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n