According to weather.gov, from 1960 - 1980, El Paso seemed to average between 5 or 6 inches to about 8 inched of snow annually. How Much Snow Fell In 1983? A late snow, in April no less, dropped 16.5 inches of snow in El Paso. Not by a long shot ...READ MORE: Extreme El Paso Weather RecordsWhen Did El Paso Have The Most Snow? The previous record was 18.5 inches in 1982-83..- EPTimesNortheast El Paso got the worst of that one according to the El Paso Times article quoted above.