Cedar City Muni, UT Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Cedar City Muni's primary NOAA station, CEDAR CITY MUNI AP.
The climate verdict for Cedar City Muni
Dryness leads the climate profile for Cedar City Muni, Utah, with 11.0 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 50°F. At 52/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 24% of scores.
- 50°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 11.0"
- yearly precipitation total
- 131 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Cedar City Muni: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00093129 · Cedar City Muni, UT 50°F mean · 11.0" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-MID #2,813
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sunbury
- PRCP-ARID 11.0"
- SWING-MID 45°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,002 HDD
- STN-1 USW00093129
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Sunbury, PA (+ 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.
- Cedar City (this station) 50°F
- Cold Portland1 SW, NY 50°F
- Hot Lewisburg, PA 50°F
- Near Sunbury, PA 50°F
- Near Montrose Rgnl, CO 50°F
Climate Living Index · Cedar City Muni
Cedar City Muni: 22/100 · grade F
Cedar City Muni publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Cedar City Muni, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 50.3°F · 17.2° from 67.5°F | 42/100 · D |
| Summer moisture balance | 38.6°F mean dew point | 29/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 11.0 in · 24.0 from 35 in | 15/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 131 days/year | 13/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 214 calendar days | 7/100 · F |
Cedar City Muni · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Cedar City Muni's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSk
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: cold semi-arid steppe (BSk). Class BSk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 74.0°F
- Coldest month
- 29.2°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 Cedar City Muni sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Cedar City Muni's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 41st percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 92%
- Cedar City Muni's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 57th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Cedar City Muni compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Cedar City Muni's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
52 24th percentile score exceeds 24% 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
Cedar City Muni's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 69 complete annual observations from 1949 to 2025, CEDAR CITY MUNI AP warmed at a fitted rate of 0.16°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Cedar City Muni primary station fitted change +0.16 °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 | 43°F (6°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 0.8" | 29.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 47°F (9°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 1.0" | 25.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 56°F (13°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 1.2" | 24.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 63°F (17°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 1.0" | 16.2 | 0.0 |
| May | 73°F (23°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 56°F (14°C) | 0.9" | 4.5 | 0.6 |
| June | 85°F (29°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 0.5" | 0.4 | 9.0 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 1.0" | 0.0 | 19.0 |
| August | 89°F (31°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 0.9" | 0.0 | 13.8 |
| September | 81°F (27°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 0.8" | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| October | 67°F (19°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 1.2" | 12.7 | 0.0 |
| November | 53°F (12°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 0.8" | 25.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 42°F (6°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 0.9" | 29.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Cedar City Muni works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 92°F by July 18 and hold at or above 90°F on 35 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 179 dates, bottoming at 16°F around December 16.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 4 through August 7, covering 35 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 9 to October 9.
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 April 17, then returns to freezing around October 22, covering 179 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 February 27, when 26% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 19 at 10%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 69 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 14 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 37°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Cedar City Muni.
Where Cedar City Muni Stands Nationally
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 11 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 37°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Cedar City Muni earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
6.0 days with precipitation
7.0 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
7.0 days with precipitation
5.8 days with precipitation
2.6 days with precipitation
6.2 days with precipitation
5.9 days with precipitation
4.7 days with precipitation
5.3 days with precipitation
5.1 days with precipitation
6.3 days with precipitation
Cedar City Muni 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 24%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Cedar City Muni has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 44.8°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: March averages 1.2" and June 0.5". The three wettest months together take 32% 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.
Cedar City Muni is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 69 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 19% of the calendar, and they carry 11.0" between them. At roughly 0.16 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 March at about 7 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
September 29
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 21
50% probability date
Growing Season
131 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,002
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
678
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65% | 6.0 | 59% | 23% |
| February | 57% | 7.8 | 57% | 22% |
| March | 45% | 8.8 | 61% | 16% |
| April | 38% | 8.7 | 61% | 13% |
| May | 30% | 8.5 | 73% | 8% |
| June | 23% | 8.5 | 84% | 3% |
| July | 35% | 7.3 | 70% | 5% |
| August | 35% | 7.2 | 72% | 5% |
| September | 36% | 6.8 | 78% | 5% |
| October | 48% | 6.4 | 70% | 13% |
| November | 57% | 6.4 | 67% | 15% |
| December | 67% | 5.9 | 60% | 23% |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside UT closest to Cedar City Muni 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 (50°F here).
- Bedford, IA 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Central City, NE 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Chatham, MA 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Clarinda, IA 50°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (11.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Snowflake, AZ 11.0" · 0.0" off
- Moro, OR 11.0" · 0.0" off
- American Falls, ID 11.1" · 0.0" off
- Coulee Dam, WA 11.1" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Cedar City Muni's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Cedar City Muni's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,002 annual heating degree days against 678 for cooling. Its 44.8°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 131 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Cedar City Muni's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 44.8°F. The annual average is 50°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Cedar City Muni's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 11.0 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.
Cedar City Muni wettest normal
March
March concentrates the scarce annual total (11.0 inches).
Cedar City Muni 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 Cedar City Muni's primary station: CEDAR CITY MUNI AP (USW00093129). 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 Cedar City Muni; 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 Cedar City Muni 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.