Thanksgiving Day Weather

We are blessed to have generally nice weather for the month of November. This typically gives us pleasant weather for most Thanksgiving Days. I know many of you look forward to perhaps having that annual family basketball or football game following the big meal.

I was curious to find out the various weather records pertaining to Thanksgiving Day here in El Paso. The El Paso National Weather Service provided me with the following data:

Highest Maximum Temperature
79 Nov 25, 1965
76 Nov 25, 1909
75 Nov 29, 1894 (Last of several occurrences)
74 Nov 23, 1950
73 Nov 24, 1892 (Last of several occurrences)

Lowest Minimum Temperature
17 Nov 30, 1911
20 Nov 22, 1979 (Last of several occurrences)
21 Nov 22, 1956
22 Nov 26, 1908 (Last of several occurrences)
23 Nov 27, 1980

Thanksgiving Days with snowfall (Inches)
1.90 Nov 27, 1969
T Nov 22, 2007 (Last of several occurrences)
Thanksgiving Days with rain
0.21 Nov 25, 1953
0.20 Nov 27, 1969 (Last of several occurrences)
0.19 Nov 23, 1972
0.18 Nov 22, 2007
0.17 Nov 27, 2008

Snow Depth (Inches)
2.00 Nov 28, 1968