Bryce Canyon, 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 Bryce Canyon's primary NOAA station, BRYCE CANYON AP.
The climate verdict for Bryce Canyon
Dryness leads the climate profile for Bryce Canyon, Utah, with 11.6 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 41°F. July is the warmest month at 63°F and December the coldest at 20°F.
- 41°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 11.6"
- yearly precipitation total
Bryce Canyon: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00023159 · Bryce Canyon, UT 41°F mean · 11.6" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 41°F
- RANK-COOL #480
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Yaak
- PRCP-ARID 11.6"
- SWING-MID 43°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 8,778 HDD
- STN-1 USW00023159
- BOOK-FULL 5/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Yaak, MT (+ 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.
- Bryce Canyon (this station) 41°F
- Cold Glacier Bay, AK 41°F
- Hot Lincoln Ranger…, MT 41°F
- Near Yaak, MT 41°F
- Near Creede, CO 41°F
Climate Living Index · Bryce Canyon
Bryce Canyon: 7/100 · grade F
Bryce Canyon publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Bryce Canyon, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 11.6 in · 23.4 from 35 in | 17/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 41.0°F · 26.5° from 67.5°F | 7/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 237 calendar days | 0/100 · F |
Bryce Canyon · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
Bryce Canyon is a continental Köppen climate: Dsb
Coldest-month mean 20.4°F and warmest-month mean 63.3°F place this station in continental, dry-summer, warm summer climates (Dsb). Class Dsb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, dry-summer, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dsb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 63.3°F
- Coldest month
- 20.4°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 Bryce Canyon sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Bryce Canyon's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 93%
- Among 6,861 stations, Bryce Canyon sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 91%
- Bryce Canyon's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 48th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Bryce Canyon's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 53 complete annual observations from 1950 to 2025, BRYCE CANYON AP warmed at a fitted rate of 0.20°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Bryce Canyon primary station fitted change +0.20 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36°F (2°C) | 6°F (-14°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 0.7" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 38°F (3°C) | 10°F (-12°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 0.8" | 27.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 45°F (7°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 0.8" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 54°F (12°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 0.7" | 27.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 64°F (18°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 0.8" | 20.2 | 0.0 |
| June | 76°F (25°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 0.4" | 7.3 | 0.5 |
| July | 81°F (27°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 1.4" | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| August | 79°F (26°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 1.5" | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| September | 71°F (22°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 1.7" | 7.7 | 0.1 |
| October | 59°F (15°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 1.5" | 26.0 | 0.0 |
| November | 46°F (8°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 0.8" | 29.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 35°F (2°C) | 6°F (-15°C) | 20°F (-6°C) | 0.6" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 82°F around July 11, short of 90°F on every date, while 237 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 5°F near December 21.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 22, then returns to freezing around September 29, covering 237 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 July 30, when 38% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 9 at 12%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 79 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 21 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 40°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Bryce Canyon.
Where Bryce Canyon Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 237 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 12 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Bryce Canyon earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
5.5 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
6.9 days with precipitation
6.3 days with precipitation
6.3 days with precipitation
3.1 days with precipitation
10.4 days with precipitation
10.3 days with precipitation
6.6 days with precipitation
5.5 days with precipitation
4.7 days with precipitation
5.9 days with precipitation
Bryce Canyon spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 28% of the annual total and December through February 18%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Bryce Canyon has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 42.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 1.7" and June 0.4". The three wettest months together take 40% 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.
Bryce Canyon is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 78 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 21% of the calendar, and they carry 11.6" between them. At roughly 0.15 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 July at about 10 wet days; the driest is June at about 3.
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
N/A
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,778
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
37
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside UT closest to Bryce Canyon 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 (41°F here).
- Baraga, MI 41°F · 0.0°F off
- Butte, ND 41°F · 0.0°F off
- Garrison, ND 41°F · 0.0°F off
- Hazelton, ND 41°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (11.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Omak, WA 11.6" · 0.0" off
- El Cajon, CA 11.6" · 0.1" off
- Ontario, CA 11.6" · 0.1" off
- Cody, WY 11.5" · 0.1" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Bryce Canyon's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Bryce Canyon's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 8,778 annual heating degree days against 37 for cooling. Its 42.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for Bryce Canyon. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Bryce Canyon's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 42.9°F. The annual average is 41°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Bryce Canyon's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 11.6 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.
Bryce Canyon wettest normal
September
September concentrates the scarce annual total (11.6 inches).
Bryce Canyon driest normal
June
June is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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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 Bryce Canyon's primary station: BRYCE CANYON AP (USW00023159). 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 Bryce Canyon; 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 Bryce Canyon 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.