Much needed rain has brought our yearly total up to average.

After an extremely dry June receiving only a trace of rainfall on the 15th, 16th, and the 30th, July was about to get wetter here in the borderland. In fact it would be during the month of July that we would exceed our expected rainfall for the first 7 months ...

• 9:14 a.m. Tuesday, July 24, 2012
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Our Fourth of July Spared From Storms!

With a dramatic increase in moisture by Tuesday we saw widespread shower and thunderstorm activity Tuesday afternoon and evening. This was welcomed rainfall. Officially at the El Paso International Airport we received .27 inches of rainfall. The other good part of the increased moisture was we put an end to ...

• 6:04 a.m. Friday, July 6, 2012

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• 3:42 p.m. Thursday, July 5, 2012

Triple Digit Heat Continues

After seeing yet another triple digit day for our Thursday with a high of 101 degrees, is this out of the ordinary or about average? You may be surprised to find out that so far we are below average as far as 100 degree days are concerned. Typically the hottest ...

• 9:19 a.m. Friday, June 8, 2012

Hurricane Season Begins

The Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1st and lasts through November 30th, but this year things have gotten off to an early start. The first storm of the year in the Atlantic was Tropical Storm Alberto which formed on May 19th.This was the earliest that a storm has formed in ...

• 9:02 a.m. Friday, June 1, 2012

Storm System Brings Much Needed Rain!

  A storm system that has been affecting the borderland since Tuesday brought us some much needed rain. The storm system itself slowly dropped into the southwest from Nevada, moving south into Eastern California and Western Arizona. At the same time and just as important Gulf of Mexico moisture moved ...

• 5:52 a.m. Friday, May 11, 2012

Record Setting Temperatures This Week!

It has been quite hot as we set three record highs in a weeks’ time! The heat started at the beginning of the week, with highs going from the lower 90s Saturday to the mid 90s Sunday. The first record to be set was a high of 93 degrees on ...

• 7:53 a.m. Friday, April 27, 2012

A final Talley on The North Texas April Tornado Outbreak

April 3rd was an amazing and even scary day for most residents of north Texas, including me. I was driving back that Friday to spend some time with the family. I was aware that there was a risk of some severe weather, but thought at worst there would be some ...

• 7:17 a.m. Friday, April 20, 2012

April showers and thunderstorms!

  As we move March into April the dry line begins to move back into the borderland. What is the “dry line”? It’s where the desert dry air meets up with the more humid air moving in from the Gulf of Mexico. During this time of year the Dry line ...

• 6:35 a.m. Friday, April 13, 2012

Roller Coaster March Temperatures!

  From cold to hot the we have had a roller coaster temperature ride this March. In fact we went from freezing temperatures with a low of 32 degrees on the 21st, to a record high of 90 degrees on the 25th. That was a temperature swing of 58 degrees ...

• 6:47 a.m. Friday, March 30, 2012