Bear Lake State Park, UT Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Bear Lake State Park's primary NOAA station, BEAR LAKE SP.
The climate verdict for Bear Lake State Park
Dryness leads the climate profile for Bear Lake State Park, Utah, with 16.5 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 45°F. At 52/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 24% of scores.
- 45°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 16.5"
- annual precipitation
- 142 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Bear Lake State Park: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00420487 · Bear Lake State Park, UT 45°F mean · 16.5" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 45°F
- RANK-COOL #1,372
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mecklenburg
- PRCP-DRY 16.5"
- SWING-WIDE 45°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,464 HDD
- STN-1 USC00420487
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Mecklenburg, NY (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every UT station list.
- Bear Lake State… (this station) 45°F
- Cold Bradford 4sw Rs…, PA 45°F
- Hot Northport, MI 45°F
- Near Mecklenburg, NY 45°F
- Near Ithaca, NY 45°F
Climate Living Index · Bear Lake State Park
Bear Lake State Park: 25/100 · grade F
Bear Lake State Park publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Bear Lake State Park, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 16.5 in · 18.5 from 35 in | 34/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 179 calendar days | 26/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 45.3°F · 22.2° from 67.5°F | 21/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 142 days/year | 20/100 · F |
Bear Lake State Park · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Bear Lake State Park is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 24.3°F and warmest-month mean 69.3°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 69.3°F
- Coldest month
- 24.3°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Bear Lake State Park sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Bear Lake State Park's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 80%
- Among 6,861 stations, Bear Lake State Park sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 79%
- Bear Lake State Park's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 59th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Bear Lake State Park compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Bear Lake State Park's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
52 24th percentile score exceeds 24% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33°F (0°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 1.6" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 36°F (2°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 1.3" | 27.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 44°F (6°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 1.2" | 27.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 53°F (12°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 1.6" | 17.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 64°F (18°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 2.1" | 4.2 | 0.0 |
| June | 74°F (23°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 1.3" | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| July | 84°F (29°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 0.6" | 0.0 | 5.2 |
| August | 82°F (28°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 0.9" | 0.1 | 2.9 |
| September | 73°F (23°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 1.3" | 1.8 | 0.2 |
| October | 59°F (15°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 1.4" | 12.0 | 0.0 |
| November | 44°F (7°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 1.4" | 23.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 35°F (2°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 1.7" | 28.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 85°F around July 23, short of 90°F on every date, while 179 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 16°F near January 18.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 18, then returns to freezing around October 23, covering 179 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
The widest day
July 5 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 29°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Bear Lake State Park.
Where Bear Lake State Park Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 179 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Bear Lake State Park earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Bear Lake State Park spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 17% of the annual total and December through February 28%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Bear Lake State Park has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 45°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 2.1" and July 0.6". The three wettest months together take 33% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 4
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 15
50% probability date
Growing Season
142 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,464
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
313
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside UT closest to Bear Lake State Park on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (45°F here).
- Cherry Valley, NY 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Delhi, NY 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Ekalaka, MT 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Kennebunkport, ME 45°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (16.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Harrisburg, NE 16.5" · 0.0" off
- Capitan, NM 16.6" · 0.0" off
- Beach, ND 16.5" · 0.0" off
- Flagler, CO 16.5" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Bear Lake State Park's climate pattern fits together
heating led · dry · mid swing
Bear Lake State Park's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,464 annual heating degree days against 313 for cooling. Its 45.0°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 142 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Bear Lake State Park's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 45.0°F. The annual average is 45°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Bear Lake State Park's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 16.5 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Bear Lake State Park's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Bear Lake State Park, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Bear Lake State Park's primary station: BEAR LAKE SP (USC00420487). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Bear Lake State Park; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Bear Lake State Park comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.