Bryce Canyon National Park Headquarters, Utah climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Bryce Canyon National Park Headquarters's normal year runs from 17°F January nights to 80°F July afternoons, with 16.6 inches of precipitation and 87 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 6.9°C, January lows of −8°C, July highs of 27°C, 423 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBryce Canyon National Park Headquarters
- Station IDUSC00421008
- Location37.64°N 112.17°W
- Elevation7,890 ft (2,405 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Bryce Canyon National Park Headquarters is 55°F and the normal low 30°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 Bryce Canyon National Park Headquarters.
- Jan 37° 17°
- Feb 39° 18°
- Mar 46° 23°
- Apr 54° 29°
- May 63° 37°
- Jun 75° 45°
- Jul 80° 52°
- Aug 78° 50°
- Sep 70° 42°
- Oct 58° 32°
- Nov 46° 23°
- Dec 37° 17°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Bryce Canyon National Park Headquarters each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 80°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 17°F. The most precipitation falls in August (1.94 in), the least in June (0.47 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37°F | 17°F | 26.9°F | 1.91 | 19.8 | 6 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 39°F | 18°F | 28.6°F | 1.70 | 18.1 | 8 | <1 | 28 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 46°F | 23°F | 34.5°F | 1.27 | 13.2 | 6 | <1 | 30 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 54°F | 29°F | 41.2°F | 0.77 | 5.9 | 6 | <1 | 25 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 63°F | 37°F | 49.9°F | 0.91 | 1.5 | 6 | <1 | 14 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 75°F | 45°F | 59.8°F | 0.47 | 0.2 | 3 | <1 | 3 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 80°F | 52°F | 66.0°F | 1.55 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 78°F | 50°F | 63.7°F | 1.94 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 70°F | 42°F | 55.9°F | 1.78 | 0.0 | 7 | <1 | 5 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 58°F | 32°F | 45.0°F | 1.73 | 3.0 | 5 | <1 | 22 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 46°F | 23°F | 34.3°F | 1.28 | 9.7 | 5 | <1 | 29 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 37°F | 17°F | 26.9°F | 1.34 | 15.3 | 6 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 57°F | 32°F | 44.4°F | 16.65 | 86.7 | 77 | 1 | 216 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3°C | −8°C | −2.8°C | 49 mm | 50 cm |
| February | 4°C | −8°C | −1.9°C | 43 mm | 46 cm |
| March | 8°C | −5°C | 1.4°C | 32 mm | 34 cm |
| April | 12°C | −2°C | 5.1°C | 20 mm | 15 cm |
| May | 17°C | 3°C | 9.9°C | 23 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 24°C | 7°C | 15.4°C | 12 mm | 1 cm |
| July | 27°C | 11°C | 18.9°C | 39 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25°C | 10°C | 17.6°C | 49 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21°C | 5°C | 13.3°C | 45 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 15°C | 0°C | 7.2°C | 44 mm | 8 cm |
| November | 8°C | −5°C | 1.3°C | 33 mm | 25 cm |
| December | 3°C | −8°C | −2.8°C | 34 mm | 39 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00421008; 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.
Which months are mildest at Bryce Canyon National Park Headquarters?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in June, July, August 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 USC00421008.
When is the last frost at Bryce Canyon National Park Headquarters?
In Bryce Canyon National Park Headquarters, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 23 in half of years and after June 9 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 27 in half of years and before September 13 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
- May 231 year in 10 after June 9; 9 in 10 after May 8
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 271 year in 10 before September 13; 9 in 10 before October 11
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 125 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 153 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 7 in half of springs and before October 8 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bryce Canyon National Park Headquarters in zone 6a in ZIP code 84776, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −2°F (17 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Utah · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00421008; 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 at Bryce Canyon National Park Headquarters?
In a normal year in Bryce Canyon National Park Headquarters, 1 day a year reaches 90°F, 216 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 77 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 216a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 34high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 77a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 24a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1959) is 98°F, on July 14, 2002; the lowest is −26°F, on January 13, 1963.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 29.37 in; the snowiest season is 2018–19, with 185.6 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00421008; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00421008. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Bryce Canyon National Park Headquarters?
Over a year 84% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Bryce Canyon National Park Headquarters, 5.3 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (91%) and December the cloudiest (77%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 80% | 2.9 |
| February | 78% | 3.7 |
| March | 81% | 5.1 |
| April | 83% | 6.5 |
| May | 85% | 7.4 |
| June | 91% | 8.3 |
| July | 82% | 7.1 |
| August | 84% | 6.5 |
| September | 87% | 5.8 |
| October | 86% | 4.4 |
| November | 83% | 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 many heating and cooling degree days does Bryce Canyon National Park Headquarters record?
A normal year at Bryce Canyon National Park Headquarters brings 7,610 heating degree days, 42% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 128 cooling degree days, 86% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 1,554 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,180 | 0 |
| February | 1,019 | 0 |
| March | 944 | 0 |
| April | 714 | 0 |
| May | 470 | 1 |
| June | 176 | 22 |
| July | 38 | 71 |
| August | 72 | 33 |
| September | 277 | 2 |
| October | 618 | 0 |
| November | 921 | 0 |
| December | 1,181 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,610 | 128 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00421008. 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.
Have recent years at Bryce Canyon National Park Headquarters been warmer than normal?
2024 averaged 42.7°F, 1.7°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 44.4°F. 0 of the 3 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 41.4°F | −3.0°F | – | – |
| 2023 | 39.8°F | −4.6°F | 17.05 | – |
| 2024 | 42.7°F | −1.7°F | – | – |
Over 44 complete years from 1964 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.8°F per century (+0.27°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00421008; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Bryce Canyon National Park Headquarters's climate compare?
Bryce Canyon National Park Headquarters is warmer than 11 of the 97 places with their own NOAA record in Utah, and wetter than 72. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 44.4°F is warmer than 17%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Bryce Canyon National Park Headquarters is Dsb: continental, dry-summer, warm summer. 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 Bryce Canyon National Park Headquarters share this climate record?
Tropic 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.
- Tropic, UT504 people · 5 mi E
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 Bryce Canyon National Park Headquarters's climate
What is the coldest month at Bryce Canyon National Park Headquarters?
January, with a normal high of 37°F and a normal low of 17°F. The warmest is July (80°F by day, 52°F at night).
Does it snow at Bryce Canyon National Park Headquarters?
Yes: 87 inches in a normal year, falling on 34 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (19.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Bryce Canyon National Park Headquarters?
August, with 1.94 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 0.47 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Bryce Canyon National Park Headquarters in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Bryce Canyon National Park Headquarters in zone 6a in ZIP code 84776, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −2°F (17 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come at Bryce Canyon National Park Headquarters?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 23; in one year in ten it comes after June 9. Waiting until June 9 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Utah climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Bryce Canyon Airport, UT5 miles from this station, 41.0°F a year
- Kodachrome Basin Park, UT13 miles from this station, 49.3°F a year
- Hatch, UT14 miles from this station, 43.9°F a year
- Panguitch, UT19 miles from this station, 43.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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