El Paso is flirting with its first triple-digit day of 2026 — and today's 97° high is just the warmup. Get your full forecast, air quality alert details, and what to wear for Wednesday's heat risk.
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El Paso is one day away from potentially logging its first hundred-degree reading of twenty twenty-six, and today is the warmup act. This morning started in the low sixties, which feels almost deceptive.
Here's the specific threshold to watch. Wednesday could bring El Paso's first hundred-degree day of the year.
The heat doesn't arrive alone on Wednesday. There's an Air Quality Alert in effect from ten in the morning through eight in the evening.
For today, the morning commute is manageable. Low sixties means a light layer is worth having, but you'll shed it quickly.
The broader picture for the rest of the week is consistent. Mid-nineties Saturday and Sunday, with no meaningful cooling in the forecast.
The one thing to track between now and Wednesday morning is whether the forecast firms up toward that hundred-degree mark. A ten to twenty percent probability is low enough to leave real uncertainty, but the window is narrow.
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