The heat season is coming to an end in the Rio Grande-Bravo region, but maximum temperature records were still set in some areas over the past month. On August 25, Laredo, TX reached 104 °F (40 °C), and on August 29, El Paso reached 102 °F (39 °C), both setting records. Maximum temperatures on September 1 and 2 set records in Laredo and Brownsville, TX, with temperatures of 104 °F (40 °C) and 99 °F (37 °C), respectively. In mid-September, temperatures reached record levels in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, NM with temperatures of 92 °F (33 °C) on September 17 and 18 in Albuquerque, and 90 °F (32 °C) on September 17 in Santa Fe.
Heat waves decreased in Northwest Mexico, but warmth continued in the North-Central region of the country. In Chihuahua, the record of 111 °F (44.0 °C) on August 3 matched the prior record from August 14, 1976 in the Dam Luis L. Leon. While in Nuevo León, there was a new record of temperature on August 19 with 111 °F (44.0 °C) that surpassed the previous record of 110 °F (43.5 °C) on August 4, 2009 in La Pamona, N. L. The maximum monthly temperature was 118 °F (48.0 °C) in Mexicali, B. C. recorded on August 4 - 6 and 117 °F (47.0 °C) in San Luis Rio Colorado, recorded on August 3 - 5, these values did not exceed their previous records in both locations.