Big Water, UT Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Big Water's primary NOAA station, BIG WATER.
The climate verdict for Big Water
Dryness leads the climate profile for Big Water, Utah, with 7.7 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 58°F. Its climate comfort score of 56/100 (moderate) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 36% of station-mapped location scores.
- 58°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 56/100
- comfort score, above 36% of station-mapped location scores
- 7.7"
- annual precipitation
- 207 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Big Water: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00420688 · Big Water, UT 58°F mean · 7.7" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 58°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,665
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mutual
- PRCP-ARID 7.7"
- SWING-WIDE 48°F
- COMF-MID 56/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,353 HDD
- STN-1 USC00420688
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Mutual, OK (+ 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.
- Big Water (this station) 58°F
- Cold Pittsburg, KS 58°F
- Hot Mutual, OK 58°F
- Near Jefferson, OK 58°F
- Near Stockton Dam, MO 58°F
Climate Living Index · Big Water
Big Water: 37/100 · grade F
Big Water publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Big Water, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 56/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 207 days/year | 69/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 57.6°F · 9.9° from 67.5°F | 68/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 203 calendar days | 12/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 7.7 in · 27.3 from 35 in | 7/100 · F |
Big Water · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Big Water's normals sit in a dry climate class: BWk
Annual precipitation falls well below the aridity threshold for this temperature regime, so the normals classify as cold desert (BWk). Class BWk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold desert.
- Köppen code
- BWk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 82.4°F
- Coldest month
- 34.2°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 Big Water sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Big Water's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 68th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 97%
- Big Water's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 74%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Big Water is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Big Water compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Big Water's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
56 36th percentile score exceeds 36% 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 | 45°F (7°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 0.7" | 28.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 52°F (11°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 0.8" | 19.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 63°F (17°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 0.7" | 9.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 71°F (22°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 0.5" | 2.4 | 0.5 |
| May | 81°F (27°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 0.5" | 0.0 | 6.8 |
| June | 93°F (34°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 76°F (25°C) | 0.2" | 0.0 | 23.6 |
| July | 98°F (37°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 0.5" | 0.0 | 29.7 |
| August | 95°F (35°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 0.9" | 0.0 | 26.7 |
| September | 87°F (30°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 0.8" | 0.0 | 12.9 |
| October | 72°F (22°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 1.0" | 1.7 | 0.8 |
| November | 57°F (14°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 0.4" | 14.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 45°F (7°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 0.6" | 26.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Big Water works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 98°F by July 12 and hold at or above 90°F on 93 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 110 dates, bottoming at 23°F around January 7.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 7 through September 7, covering 93 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 13 to October 19.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 2, then returns to freezing around November 14, covering 110 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.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is August 6, when 17% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 16 at 6%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 45 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 15 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 34°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Big Water.
Where Big Water Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 93 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 8 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Big Water earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
3.9 days with precipitation
4.7 days with precipitation
4.5 days with precipitation
3.2 days with precipitation
3.3 days with precipitation
1.6 days with precipitation
3.7 days with precipitation
5.4 days with precipitation
4.2 days with precipitation
4.3 days with precipitation
2.3 days with precipitation
3.8 days with precipitation
Big Water spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 21% of the annual total and December through February 27%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Big Water has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 48.2°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 1.0" and June 0.2". The three wettest months together take 35% 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.
Big Water is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 45 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 12% of the calendar, and they carry 7.7" between them. At roughly 0.17 inches on an average wet day, this is not the damp drizzle of a marine climate; it is an arid record in which precipitation is both uncommon and light when it appears.
The wettest month by count is August at about 5 wet days; the driest is June at about 2.
A low per-event average in a dry record is a statement about typical days only. Arid regions can still take a large share of a year's total from a single convective storm, which a normal cannot show.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, not the extremes within it.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 1
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 8
50% probability date
Growing Season
207 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,353
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,682
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside UT closest to Big Water 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 (58°F here).
- Gate, OK 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Gladeville, TN 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Independence, KS 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Mutual, OK 58°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (7.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Sunnyside, WA 7.7" · 0.0" off
- Shafter, CA 7.7" · 0.0" off
- Worland, WY 7.7" · 0.1" off
- Manassa, CO 7.8" · 0.1" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Big Water's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Big Water's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,353 annual heating degree days against 1,682 for cooling. Its 48.2°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Big Water's frost-free season lasts about 207 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Big Water's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 48.2°F. The annual average is 58°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Big Water's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 7.7 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.
Big Water wettest normal
October
October concentrates the scarce annual total (7.7 inches).
Big Water driest normal
June
June is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
Questions about Big Water's climate
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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 Big Water's primary station: BIG WATER (USC00420688). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 4905534). Match rule for Big Water: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Big Water 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.