Blanding, Utah climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Blanding's normal year runs from 22°F January nights to 89°F July afternoons, with 12.9 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.3°C, January lows of −5°C, July highs of 32°C, 327 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBlanding
- Station IDUSC00420738
- Location37.61°N 109.48°W
- Elevation6,032 ft (1,839 m)
- Population3,216
On October 23, the normal high in Blanding is 62°F and the normal low 39°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 16%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Blanding.
- Jan 40° 22°
- Feb 45° 26°
- Mar 55° 33°
- Apr 62° 38°
- May 73° 46°
- Jun 84° 56°
- Jul 89° 62°
- Aug 86° 60°
- Sep 78° 53°
- Oct 65° 42°
- Nov 51° 31°
- Dec 40° 23°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Blanding each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 22°F. The most precipitation falls in January (1.56 in), the least in June (0.34 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F | 22°F | 31.0°F | 1.56 | 6 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 45°F | 26°F | 35.4°F | 1.33 | 7 | <1 | 23 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 55°F | 33°F | 43.6°F | 0.96 | 5 | <1 | 16 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 62°F | 38°F | 49.9°F | 0.76 | 5 | <1 | 8 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 73°F | 46°F | 59.3°F | 0.79 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 84°F | 56°F | 70.1°F | 0.34 | 3 | 11 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 89°F | 62°F | 75.5°F | 1.06 | 7 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 86°F | 60°F | 73.2°F | 1.21 | 8 | 14 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 78°F | 53°F | 65.5°F | 1.29 | 6 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 65°F | 42°F | 53.1°F | 1.41 | 5 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 51°F | 31°F | 40.8°F | 0.92 | 4 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 40°F | 23°F | 31.2°F | 1.26 | 6 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 64°F | 41°F | 52.4°F | 12.89 | 68 | 48 | 127 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | −5°C | −0.6°C | 40 mm |
| February | 7°C | −3°C | 1.9°C | 34 mm |
| March | 13°C | 0°C | 6.4°C | 24 mm |
| April | 17°C | 3°C | 9.9°C | 19 mm |
| May | 23°C | 8°C | 15.2°C | 20 mm |
| June | 29°C | 13°C | 21.2°C | 9 mm |
| July | 32°C | 17°C | 24.2°C | 27 mm |
| August | 30°C | 16°C | 22.9°C | 31 mm |
| September | 26°C | 12°C | 18.6°C | 33 mm |
| October | 18°C | 5°C | 11.7°C | 36 mm |
| November | 10°C | −1°C | 4.9°C | 23 mm |
| December | 4°C | −5°C | −0.4°C | 32 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Monticello (2 mi E) (20 miles away), gets 64 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00420738; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Blanding?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June and September. Of those, June has the fewest days with rain (3).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00420738.
When is the last frost in Blanding?
In Blanding, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 28 in half of years and after May 16 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 21 in half of years and before October 6 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 281 year in 10 after May 16; 9 in 10 after April 13
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 211 year in 10 before October 6; 9 in 10 before November 6
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 174 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 201 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 14 in half of springs and before November 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Blanding in zone 7a in ZIP code 84511, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Blanding's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 5°F (30 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Utah · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00420738; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Blanding?
In a normal year in Blanding, 48 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 127 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 68 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 48a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 127a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 8high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 68a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1904) is 110°F, on June 22, 1905; the lowest is −23°F, on February 8, 1933.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1957, with 22.24 in; the snowiest season is 1978–79, with 117.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00420738; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00420738. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Blanding?
Over a year 86% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Blanding, 5.4 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (92%) and December the cloudiest (77%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 79% | 2.8 |
| February | 78% | 3.7 |
| March | 84% | 5.3 |
| April | 85% | 6.7 |
| May | 87% | 7.6 |
| June | 92% | 8.4 |
| July | 88% | 7.5 |
| August | 87% | 6.7 |
| September | 88% | 5.8 |
| October | 87% | 4.5 |
| November | 85% | 3.2 |
| December | 77% | 2.5 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Blanding need?
A normal year in Blanding brings 5,450 heating degree days, 1% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 877 cooling degree days, 3% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,166 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,056 | 0 |
| February | 827 | 0 |
| March | 665 | 0 |
| April | 453 | 1 |
| May | 206 | 30 |
| June | 27 | 181 |
| July | 1 | 325 |
| August | 3 | 255 |
| September | 69 | 83 |
| October | 370 | 2 |
| November | 728 | 0 |
| December | 1,048 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,450 | 877 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00420738. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Blanding been warmer than normal lately?
Over 86 complete years from 1907 to 2021, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.3°F per century (+0.18°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Blanding's climate compare?
Blanding is warmer than 79 of the other 96 places with their own NOAA record in Utah, and wetter than 44. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 52.4°F is warmer than 51%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Blanding is BSk: cold semi-arid steppe. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Blanding share this climate record?
White Mesa has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- White Mesa, UT74 people · 11 mi S
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Blanding's climate
What is the coldest month in Blanding?
January, with a normal high of 40°F and a normal low of 22°F. The warmest is July (89°F by day, 62°F at night).
Does it snow in Blanding?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Blanding's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Monticello (2 mi E) (20 miles away), records 64 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Blanding?
January, with 1.56 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 0.34 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Blanding in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Blanding in zone 7a in ZIP code 84511, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Blanding's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 5°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Blanding?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 28; in one year in ten it comes after May 16. Waiting until May 16 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Utah climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Monticello, UT19 miles from this station, 47.3°F a year
- Cedar Point, UT23 miles from this station, 48.1°F a year
- Bluff, UT23 miles from this station, 55.1°F a year
- Natural Bridges National Monument, UT27 miles from this station, 50.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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