El Paso records its third-warmest year ever in 2025 as rising heat continues

El Paso records its third-warmest year ever in 2025 as rising heat continues

El Paso had its third-warmest year on record in 2025, trailing only the two previous years as climate change continues to increase temperatures in the Chihuahuan Desert. Before 2017, the average annual daily temperature in El Paso had never reached 68 degrees in records that go back to 1887. The average temperature has been at or  above 69 degrees each of the past three years. Nine of the 11 hottest years on record for El Paso have occurred sinc…