Dugway, 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 Dugway's primary NOAA station, DUGWAY.
The climate verdict for Dugway
Dryness leads the climate profile for Dugway, Utah, with 8.3 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 52°F. At 44/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 10% of scores.
- 52°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 44/100
- comfort score, above 10% of station-mapped location scores
- 8.3"
- annual precipitation · 15" snow
- 144 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Dugway: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00422257 · Dugway, UT 52°F mean · 8.3" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 52°F
- RANK-MID #3,293
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Donnellson
- PRCP-ARID 8.3"
- SWING-WIDE 51°F
- COMF-LOW 44/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,911 HDD
- STN-1 USC00422257
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Donnellson, IA (+ 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.
- Dugway (this station) 52°F
- Cold Clay Ctr, NE 52°F
- Hot Falls City, NE 52°F
- Near Donnellson, IA 52°F
- Near Ragan, NE 52°F
Climate Living Index · Dugway
Dugway: 25/100 · grade F
Dugway publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Dugway, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 44/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 15.0 inches/year | 56/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 51.7°F · 15.8° from 67.5°F | 48/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 144 days/year | 21/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 8.3 in · 26.7 from 35 in | 8/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 230 calendar days | 1/100 · F |
Dugway · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Dugway'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
- 78.3°F
- Coldest month
- 27.7°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 Dugway sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Dugway's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 48th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 97%
- Dugway's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 82%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Dugway is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Dugway compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Dugway's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
44 10th percentile score exceeds 10% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F (4°C) | 17°F (-9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.7" | 4.1" | 29.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 47°F (8°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 0.6" | 3.4" | 25.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 57°F (14°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 0.8" | 1.6" | 22.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 64°F (18°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 1.1" | 1.3" | 13.4 | 0.1 |
| May | 75°F (24°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 1.1" | 0.0" | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| June | 87°F (30°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 0.6" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 13.5 |
| July | 96°F (36°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 0.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 27.3 |
| August | 94°F (34°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 76°F (25°C) | 0.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 25.3 |
| September | 83°F (28°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 0.6" | 0.0" | 1.1 | 7.9 |
| October | 67°F (20°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 0.8" | 0.0" | 14.7 | 0.2 |
| November | 52°F (11°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 0.6" | 1.1" | 25.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 40°F (4°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.6" | 3.5" | 29.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Dugway works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 97°F by July 23 and hold at or above 90°F on 67 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 163 dates, bottoming at 14°F around December 26.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 24 through August 29, covering 67 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 6 to October 10.
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 2, then returns to freezing around October 23, covering 163 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 13, when 25% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 29 at 10%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 66 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 18 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 36°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Dugway.
Where Dugway Stands Nationally
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 8 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 67 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Dugway earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 4.1"
6.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.4"
7.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.6"
6.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.3"
7.8 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
3.7 days with precipitation
3.7 days with precipitation
3.6 days with precipitation
4.1 days with precipitation
5.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.1"
4.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.5"
6.1 days with precipitation
Dugway spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 18% of the annual total and December through February 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Dugway has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 50.6°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 1.1" and August 0.5". The three wettest months together take 36% 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.
Dugway is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 66 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 18% of the calendar, and they carry 8.3" between them. At roughly 0.13 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 April at about 8 wet days; the driest is August at about 4.
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.
Winter brings real snow to Dugway
Dugway averages 15.0 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 15 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 15.0 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 15 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 18% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 2
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 11
50% probability date
Growing Season
144 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,911
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,087
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside UT closest to Dugway 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 (52°F here).
- Burlington, CO 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Conception, MO 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Connell, WA 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Donnellson, IA 52°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (8.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Eloy, AZ 8.3" · 0.0" off
- Tornillo, TX 8.3" · 0.0" off
- Fort Hancock, TX 8.3" · 0.1" off
- Coalinga, CA 8.2" · 0.1" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Dugway
heating led · dry · mid swing
Dugway's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,911 annual heating degree days against 1,087 for cooling. Its 50.6°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 144 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.
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1. Dugway coldest normal
December
The monthly mean of 28°F (-2°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Dugway typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Dugway snow peak
January
Dugway averages 15.0 inches of snow a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Dugway's primary station: DUGWAY (USC00422257). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as a census-designated place (GEOID 4920450), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Dugway: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Dugway 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.