Canyonlands-The Neck, Utah climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Canyonlands-The Neck's normal year runs from 22°F January nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 9.3 inches of precipitation and 23 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.0°C, January lows of −5°C, July highs of 33°C, 237 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCanyonlands-The Neck
- Station IDUSC00421163
- Location38.46°N 109.82°W
- Elevation5,871 ft (1,790 m)
On October 12, the normal high in Canyonlands-The Neck is 67°F and the normal low 45°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 17%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Canyonlands-The Neck.
- Jan 37° 22°
- Feb 43° 27°
- Mar 54° 35°
- Apr 62° 40°
- May 72° 50°
- Jun 85° 62°
- Jul 91° 68°
- Aug 88° 66°
- Sep 79° 57°
- Oct 65° 44°
- Nov 49° 33°
- Dec 37° 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 at Canyonlands-The Neck each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 22°F. The most precipitation falls in October (1.22 in), the least in June (0.36 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37°F | 22°F | 29.6°F | 0.55 | 6.1 | 4 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 43°F | 27°F | 35.2°F | 0.58 | 3.5 | 5 | <1 | 22 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 54°F | 35°F | 44.5°F | 0.75 | 3.0 | 5 | <1 | 13 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 62°F | 40°F | 51.1°F | 0.68 | 0.3 | 5 | <1 | 7 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 72°F | 50°F | 61.3°F | 0.87 | 0.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 85°F | 62°F | 73.1°F | 0.36 | 0.0 | 2 | 10 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 91°F | 68°F | 79.3°F | 0.91 | 0.0 | 6 | 20 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 88°F | 66°F | 76.8°F | 1.16 | 0.0 | 6 | 13 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 79°F | 57°F | 68.0°F | 1.00 | 0.0 | 6 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 65°F | 44°F | 54.3°F | 1.22 | 0.1 | 6 | <1 | 4 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 49°F | 33°F | 40.8°F | 0.55 | 3.2 | 4 | <1 | 16 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 37°F | 23°F | 29.7°F | 0.70 | 6.5 | 4 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 63°F | 44°F | 53.6°F | 9.33 | 22.8 | 59 | 46 | 117 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3°C | −5°C | −1.3°C | 14 mm | 15 cm |
| February | 6°C | −3°C | 1.8°C | 15 mm | 9 cm |
| March | 12°C | 2°C | 6.9°C | 19 mm | 8 cm |
| April | 17°C | 5°C | 10.6°C | 17 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 22°C | 10°C | 16.3°C | 22 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 29°C | 17°C | 22.8°C | 9 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 20°C | 26.3°C | 23 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 19°C | 24.9°C | 29 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 26°C | 14°C | 20.0°C | 25 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 18°C | 7°C | 12.4°C | 31 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 10°C | 0°C | 4.9°C | 14 mm | 8 cm |
| December | 3°C | −5°C | −1.3°C | 18 mm | 17 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00421163; 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 Canyonlands-The Neck?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June and September. Of those, June has the fewest days with rain (2).
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 USC00421163.
When is the last frost at Canyonlands-The Neck?
In Canyonlands-The Neck, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 25 in half of years and after May 13 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 23 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 251 year in 10 after May 13; 9 in 10 after April 6
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 231 year in 10 before October 6; 9 in 10 before November 9
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 180 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 206 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 10 in half of springs and before November 2 in half of autumns.
By the USDA's method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in plant hardiness zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 6°F (21 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 USC00421163; 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 Canyonlands-The Neck?
In a normal year in Canyonlands-The Neck, 46 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 117 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 59 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 46a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 117a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 21high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 59a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 9a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1965) is 105°F, on July 15, 2005; the lowest is −13°F, on February 6, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1983, with 13.03 in; the snowiest season is 1972–73, with 50.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00421163; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00421163. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Canyonlands-The Neck?
Over a year 85% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Canyonlands-The Neck, 5.3 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (91%) and December the cloudiest (76%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 78% | 2.7 |
| February | 77% | 3.6 |
| March | 83% | 5.2 |
| April | 84% | 6.5 |
| May | 86% | 7.5 |
| June | 91% | 8.3 |
| July | 88% | 7.5 |
| August | 87% | 6.7 |
| September | 89% | 5.8 |
| October | 87% | 4.3 |
| November | 84% | 3.1 |
| December | 76% | 2.3 |
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 Canyonlands-The Neck record?
A normal year at Canyonlands-The Neck brings 5,410 heating degree days, 1% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,304 cooling degree days, 44% more 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 3,715 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,099 | 0 |
| February | 833 | 0 |
| March | 634 | 0 |
| April | 422 | 3 |
| May | 177 | 62 |
| June | 25 | 269 |
| July | 1 | 446 |
| August | 1 | 365 |
| September | 57 | 147 |
| October | 344 | 11 |
| November | 725 | 0 |
| December | 1,092 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,410 | 1,304 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00421163. 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 Canyonlands-The Neck been warmer than normal?
2024 averaged 56.0°F, 2.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 53.6°F. 1 of the 2 complete years since 2023 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 53.4°F | −0.3°F | 8.97 | 37.7 |
| 2024 | 56.0°F | +2.4°F | 9.15 | 15.4 |
Over 40 complete years from 1966 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 5.9°F per century (+0.33°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00421163; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Canyonlands-The Neck's climate compare?
Canyonlands-The Neck is warmer than 82 of the 97 places with their own NOAA record in Utah, and wetter than 26. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 53.6°F is warmer than 55%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Canyonlands-The Neck 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.
Questions about Canyonlands-The Neck's climate
What is the coldest month at Canyonlands-The Neck?
January, with a normal high of 37°F and a normal low of 22°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow at Canyonlands-The Neck?
Yes: 23 inches in a normal year, falling on 14 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (6.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Canyonlands-The Neck?
October, with 1.22 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 0.36 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Canyonlands-The Neck in?
By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 6°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come at Canyonlands-The Neck?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 25; in one year in ten it comes after May 13. Waiting until May 13 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Utah climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Arches National Park Headquarters, UT16 miles from this station, 58.0°F a year
- Moab, UT17 miles from this station, 57.6°F a year
- Canyonlands-The Needles, UT21 miles from this station, 53.6°F a year
- Moab Canyonland Airport, UT21 miles from this station, 54.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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