As El Paso experiences a long-term heat wave with temperatures climbing above 100 degrees during an extreme drought, concerns increase about whether West Texas and parts of New Mexico could be without power at times. ...
The Rio Grande will be running in El Paso soon, as water was released Memorial Day from the Caballo Dam. The continued drought means a shorter irrigation season as less water made its way downstream ...
For now, the Rio Grande outside El Paso is a bare sandbed stretching miles, but in a couple days there’ll be water running in it again, albeit later than usual. For the people, wildlife and ...
Danielle Prokop is the newest member of the El Paso Matters team, focusing on the environment and the impacts of climate change on the Paso del Norte region. “I’m excited to play a part in ...
Climate change continued to reshape El Paso in 2020, with the Sun City recording its second-highest average annual temperature in records that date back to 1887. El Paso’s three hottest years on record have occurred ...
El Paso appears headed to one of its hottest years on record. If that happens, 2020 will join the four preceding years in that category. Through November, El Paso’s average temperature for the year has ...
Last month was — by far — the hottest August in El Paso’s recorded weather history. The average temperature for this August is 88.3 degrees. The previous record was set last year, 87.6 degrees. Before ...
This story has been updated with final July numbers from the National Weather Service. July was El Paso’s hottest month in more than 130 years of weather records, the latest example of the impact of ...
El Paso’s average temperature last month was 79.5 degrees, tying for the second-hottest May on record. The only hotter May came in 1996, when the average temperature was 80.1. May 2018 also had an average ...
El Paso had 47 days above 100 degrees last year, all between June and August. That’s the fourth-highest number of triple-digit days since 1900. Four of the six years with the most 100-degree days in ...
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By Sam Silerio The only electric utility in our city, El Paso Electric (EPE), is now owned by a multibillion-dollar investment fund managed by JPMorgan Chase. By definition, EPE is a monopoly. It also is ...